Brief Communication: Y-Chromosome-Specific Haplotype Diversity in Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews

Document Type

Article

Authors

Gérard Lucotte, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology (CEABH)
Pierre Smets, Laboratory of Molecular Anthropology (CEABH)
Jaques Ruffié, Collège de France

Abstract

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.

Recommended Citation

Lucotte, Gérard; Smets, Pierre; and Ruffié, Jaques (1993) "Brief Communication: Y-Chromosome-Specific Haplotype Diversity in Ashkenazic and Sephardic Jews," Human Biology: Vol. 65: Iss. 5, Article 10.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol65/iss5/10