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The genetic variation in the R1a clade among the Ashkenazi Levites' Y chromosome.
Scientific reports - 2 Nov 2017
Behar Doron M, Saag Lauri, Karmin Monika, Gover Meir G, Wexler Jeffrey D, Sanchez Luisa Fernanda, Greenspan Elliott, Kushniarevich Alena, Davydenko Oleg, Sahakyan Hovhannes, Yepiskoposyan Levon, Boattini Alessio, Sarno Stefania, Pagani Luca, Carmi Shai, Tzur Shay, Metspalu Ene, Bormans Concetta, Skorecki Karl, Metspalu Mait, Rootsi Siiri, Villems Richard
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Approximately 300,000 men around the globe self-identify as Ashkenazi Levites, of whom two thirds were previously shown to descend from a single male. The paucity of whole Y-chromosome sequences precluded conclusive identification of this ancestor's age, geographic origin and migration patterns. Here, we report the variation of 486 Y-chromosomes within the Ashkenazi and non-Ashkenazi Levite R1a clade, other...
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