Article
Multiple origins of Ashkenazi Levites: Y chromosome evidence for both Near Eastern and European ancestries.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2003
Behar Doron M, Thomas Mark G, Skorecki Karl, Hammer Michael F, Bulygina Ekaterina, Rosengarten Dror, Jones Abigail L, Held Karen, Moses Vivian, Goldstein David, Bradman Neil, Weale Michael E
Abstract excerpt
Previous Y chromosome studies have shown that the Cohanim, a paternally inherited Jewish priestly caste, predominantly share a recent common ancestry irrespective of the geographically defined post-Diaspora community to which they belong, a finding consistent with common Jewish origins in the Near East. In contrast, the Levites, another paternally inherited Jewish caste, display evidence for multiple recent...
Topics
- Chromosomes, Human, Y
- Europe
- Gene Frequency
- Genetic Variation
- Geography
- Germany
- Haplotypes
- Humans
- Jews
- Male