Phylogenetic applications of whole Y-chromosome sequences and the Near Eastern origin of Ashkenazi Levites

Phylogenetic applications of whole Y-chromosome sequences and the Near Eastern origin of Ashkenazi Levites

Previous Y-chromosome studies have demonstrated that Ashkenazi Levites, members of a paternally inherited Jewish priestly caste, display a distinctive founder event within R1a, the most prevalent Y-chromosome haplogroup in Eastern Europe. Here we report the analysis of 16 whole R1 sequences and show...

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Main Authors: Rootsi, Siiri, Behar, Doron M., Järve, Mari, Lin, Alice A., Myres, Natalie M., Passarelli, Ben, Poznik, G. David, Tzur, Shay, Sahakyan, Hovhannes, Pathak, Ajai Kumar, Rosset, Saharon, Metspalu, Mait, Grugni, Viola, Semino, Ornella, Metspalu, Ene, Bustamante, Carlos D., Skorecki, Karl, Villems, Richard, Kivisild, Toomas, Underhill, Peter A.
Format: Online
Language:English
Published: Nature Pub. Group 2013
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3905698/

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