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Genetic Haplogroups of Jew-dah

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yHaplogroups: R1b R1a I E1b J (CMH*) G N L Q
Askenazi Jews 10.0% 12.7% 4.1% 20.0% 38.0(13.0)% 9.7% 0.2% 0.2% 5.0%
Sephardic Jews 29.5% 3.9% 11.5% 19.2% 28.2(10.0)% 10.0% ~ 0.0% ~
Kurdish Jews 20.2% 4.0% ~ 12.1% 37.4(~)% ~ ~ 1.0% ~
Lemba Jews ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ (8.8)% ~ ~ ~ ~

* Y-Chromosomal Aaron / Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH)

References

  1. Almut Nebel, Dvora Filon, Bernd Brinkmann, Partha P. Majumder, Marina Faerman, and Ariella Oppenheim, "The Y Chromosome Pool of Jews as Part of the Genetic Landscape of the Middle East," American Journal of Human Genetics 2001 November; 69(5): 1095–1112.
  2. Doron M. Behar, Daniel Garrigan, Matthew E. Kaplan et al., "Contrasting patterns of Y chromosome variation in Ashkenazi Jewish and host non-Jewish European populations," Human Genetics (2004) 114 : 354–365.
  3. Y Chromosomes Traveling South: The Cohen Modal Haplotype and the Origins of the Lemba — the “Black Jews of Southern Africa”, American Journal of Human Genetics 66 (2): 674, February 1, 2000, PMID 10677325, http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=1288118, retrieved 2008-06-15.
  4. Schindler, Sol "The genetics of Jewish ancestry" which is a review of Abraham's Children: Race, Identity and the DNA of the Chosen People by Jon Entine; The Washington Times.
  5. Y-DNA haplogroups by ethnic groups - Wikipedia
  6. Y-Chromosomal Aaron - Wikipedia

 

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