title: Genetic diversity of 38 insertion-deletion polymorphisms in Jewish populations.
abstract: Population genetic data of 38 non-coding biallelic autosomal indels are reported for 466 individuals, representing six populations with Jewish ancestry (Ashkenazim, Mizrahim, Sephardim, North African, Chuetas and Bragança crypto-Jews). Intra-population diversity and forensic parameters values showed that this set of indels was highly informative for forensic applications in the Jewish populations studied. Genetic distance analysis demonstrated that this set of markers efficiently separates populations from different continents, but does not seem effective for molecular anthropology studies in Mediterranean region. Finally, it is important to highlight that although the genetic distances between Jewish populations were small, significant differences were observed for Chuetas and Bragança Jews, and therefore, specific databases must be used for these populations.
authors.affiliation: Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS) i Laboratori de Genètica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Ferragut
authors.affiliation: i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IPATIMUP-Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.affiliation: Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS) i Laboratori de Genètica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain.
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Castro
authors.affiliation: Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS) i Laboratori de Genètica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ramon
authors.affiliation: i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IPATIMUP-Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nogueiro
authors.affiliation: i3S-Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; IPATIMUP-Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia Molecular da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal; Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Amorim
authors.affiliation: Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Ciències de la Salut (IUNICS) i Laboratori de Genètica, Departament de Biologia, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Carretera de Valldemossa, km 7.5, 07122 Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain. Electronic address: picornell@uib.es.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Picornell
mesh_terms: D053803:Forensic Genetics; D005787:Gene Frequency; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005828:Genetics, Population / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D054643:INDEL Mutation; D007585:Jews / Q000235:genetics*; D060885:Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011174:Portugal
keywords: Ashkenazim; Bragança; Chuetas; Indels; Jews; Mizrahim; Sephardim