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The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people
Behar, DM; Yunusbayev, B; Metspalu, M; Metspalu, E; Rosset, S; Parik, J; Rootsi, S; Chaubey, G; Kutuev, I; Yudkovsky, G; Khusnutdinova, EKContemporary Jews comprise an aggregate of ethno-religious communities whose worldwide members identify with each other through various shared religious, historical and cultural traditions. Historical evidence suggests common origins in the Middle East, followed by migrations leading to the establishment of communities of Jews in Europe, Africa and Asia, in what is termed the Jewish Diaspora. This complex demog...
Y-chromosomal diversity in Europe is clinal and influenced primarily by geograp...
Rosser, ZH; Zerjal, T; Hurles, ME; Adojaan, MA; Alavantic, D; Amorim, A; Amos, W; Armenteros, M; Arroyo, E; Barbujani, G; Beckman, L; Bertranpetit, JClinal patterns of autosomal genetic diversity within Europe have been interpreted in previous studies in terms of a Neolithic demic diffusion model for the spread of agriculture; in contrast, studies using mtDNA have traced many founding lineages to the Paleolithic and have not shown strongly clinal variation. We have used 11 human Y-chromosomal biallelic polymorphisms, defining 10 haplogroups, to analyze a sa...