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No evidence from genome-wide data of a Khazar origin for the Ashkenazi Jews.
Human biology - 1 Dec 2013
Behar Doron M, Metspalu Mait, Baran Yael, Kopelman Naama M, Yunusbayev Bayazit, Gladstein Ariella, Tzur Shay, Sahakyan Hovhannes, Bahmanimehr Ardeshir, Yepiskoposyan Levon, Tambets Kristina, Khusnutdinova Elza K, Kushniarevich Alena, Balanovsky Oleg, Balanovsky Elena, Kovacevic Lejla, Marjanovic Damir, Mihailov Evelin, Kouvatsi Anastasia, Triantaphyllidis Costas, King Roy J, Semino Ornella, Torroni Antonio, Hammer Michael F, Metspalu Ene, Skorecki Karl, Rosset Saharon, Halperin Eran, Villems Richard, Rosenberg Noah A
Abstract excerpt
The origin and history of the Ashkenazi Jewish population have long been of great interest, and advances in high-throughput genetic analysis have recently provided a new approach for investigating these topics. We and others have argued on the basis of genome-wide data that the Ashkenazi Jewish population derives its ancestry from a combination of sources tracing to both Europe and the Middle East. It has been...
Topics
- Ancient Lands
- Europe
- Female
- Genetics, Population
- Genome-Wide Association Study
- History, Ancient
- History, Medieval
- Humans