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Distinctive genetic signatures in the Libyan Jews.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 30 Jan 2001
Rosenberg N A, Woolf E, Pritchard J K, Schaap T, Gefel D, Shpirer I, Lavi U, Bonne-Tamir B, Hillel J, Feldman M W
Abstract excerpt
Unlinked autosomal microsatellites in six Jewish and two non-Jewish populations were genotyped, and the relationships among these populations were explored. Based on considerations of clustering, pairwise population differentiation, and genetic distance, we found that the Libyan Jewish group retains genetic signatures distinguishable from those of the other populations, in agreement with some historical records...
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