The population genetics of the Jewish people.

doi:10.1007/s00439-012-1235-6

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The population genetics of the Jewish people.

Human genetics - 1 Feb 2013

Ostrer Harry, Skorecki Karl

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Adherents to the Jewish faith have resided in numerous geographic locations over the course of three millennia. Progressively more detailed population genetic analysis carried out independently by multiple research groups over the past two decades has revealed a pattern for the population genetic architecture of contemporary Jews descendant from globally dispersed Diaspora communities. This pattern is consistent...

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Alleles
Founder Effect
Genetic Diseases, Inborn
Genetic Markers
Genetics, Population
Humans
Jews
Precision Medicine

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PMID: 23052947
DOI: 10.1007/s00439-012-1235-6
PMCID: PMC3543766

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