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Characterization of two New York City Jewish populations at six short tandem repeat loci.
Human biology - 1 Feb 2002
Medintz I, Kingston C, Duran H, Barry L, Levine L, Kobilinsky L
Abstract excerpt
The Hasidic and non-Hasidic Jewish communities of New York City represent two subpopulations with long-documented histories of restrictive marriage patterns and a high degree of endogamy. As part of a continuing study into their genetic structure, allele frequencies were determined for the six tetrameric short tandem repeat (STR) loci: FESFPS, F13AO1, vWA, CSF1PO, TPOX, and THO1. All loci were tested for...
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