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Genetic differentiation and origin of the Jordanian population: an analysis of Alu insertion polymorphisms.
Genetic testing and molecular biomarkers - 1 May 2012
Bahri Raoudha, El Moncer Wifak, Al-Batayneh Khalid, Sadiq May, Esteban Esther, Moral Pedro, Chaabani Hassen
Abstract excerpt
AIM: Although much of Jordan is covered by desert, its north-western region forms part of the Fertile Crescent region that had given a rich past to Jordanians. This past, scarcely described by historians, is not yet clarified by sufficient genetic data. Thus in this paper we aim to determine the genetic differentiation of the Jordanian population and to discuss its origin. METHODS: A total of 150 unrelated...
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