TY - JOUR
T1 - Distinctive genetic signatures in the Libyan Jews
AU - Rosenberg, Noah A.
AU - Woolf, Eilon
AU - Pritchard, Jonathan K.
AU - Schaap, Tamar
AU - Gefel, Dov
AU - Shpirer, Isaac
AU - Lavi, Uri
AU - Bonné-Tamir, Batsheva
AU - Hillel, Jossi
AU - Feldman, Marcus W.
PY - 2001/1/30
Y1 - 2001/1/30
N2 - Unlinked autosomal microsatellites in six Jewish and two non-Jewish populations were genotyped, and the relationships among these populations were explored. Based on considerations of clustering, pairwise population differentiation, and genetic distance, we found that the Libyan Jewish group retains genetic signatures distinguishable from those of the other populations, in agreement with some historical records on the relative isolation of this community. Our methods also identified evidence of some similarity between Ethiopian and Yemenite Jews, reflecting possible migration in the Red Sea region. We suggest that high-resolution statistical methods that use individual multilocus geno-types may make it practical to distinguish related populations of extremely recent common ancestry.
AB - Unlinked autosomal microsatellites in six Jewish and two non-Jewish populations were genotyped, and the relationships among these populations were explored. Based on considerations of clustering, pairwise population differentiation, and genetic distance, we found that the Libyan Jewish group retains genetic signatures distinguishable from those of the other populations, in agreement with some historical records on the relative isolation of this community. Our methods also identified evidence of some similarity between Ethiopian and Yemenite Jews, reflecting possible migration in the Red Sea region. We suggest that high-resolution statistical methods that use individual multilocus geno-types may make it practical to distinguish related populations of extremely recent common ancestry.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.98.3.858
DO - 10.1073/pnas.98.3.858
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C2 - 11158561
AN - SCOPUS:0035970012
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 98
SP - 858
EP - 863
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 3
ER -