Y-chromosome-specific haplotype diversity in Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews.
DNA samples from Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews were studied with Y-chromosome-specific DNA probes p49f and p49a to screen for RFLPs and haplotypes. All 16 European haplotypes were found in Jews, but only 2 of them (VII and VIII) were widespread. Haplotype distributions in the two Jewish populations are similar, but haplotypes XI and XV are more frequent in the Ashkenazim and haplotypes IV and V are more frequent in the Sephardim, indicating their origins.
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Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology (CEABH), UFR de Cochin-Port Royal, Paris, France.
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Ruffié
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D000328:Adult; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000032:analysis; D004274:DNA, Recombinant / Q000032:analysis*; D005787:Gene Frequency; D005819:Genetic Markers; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007585:Jews / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044469:Racial Groups; D014998:Y Chromosome
D015342:DNA Probes; D004274:DNA, Recombinant; D005819:Genetic Markers