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An ancient autosomal haplotype bearing a rare achromatopsia-causing founder mutation is shared among Arab Muslims and Oriental Jews.
Human genetics - 1 Sept 2010
Zelinger Lina, Greenberg Alex, Kohl Susanne, Banin Eyal, Sharon Dror
Abstract excerpt
Numerous cultural aspects, mainly based on historical records, suggest a common origin of the Middle-Eastern Arab Muslim and Jewish populations. This is supported, to some extent, by Y-chromosome haplogroup analysis of Middle-Eastern and European samples. Up to date, no genomic regions that are s...
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