Bioassay of Kinship in Populations of Middle Eastern Origin and Controls [and Comments and Replies]
N. E. Morton|Ron S. Kenett|Shirley J. Yee|R. Lew|Milton Alter|Eliane S. Azevêdo|I. Barrai|L. L. Cavalli-Sporza|Ranajit Chakraborty|Marcus S. Goldstein|Patrick F. James|Mahdis Kamali|Eugene Kobyliansky|S. Micle|Kenneth M. Weiss
Gene frequencies for 32 populations show 3 Jewish and 4 gentile clusters. From phenotype the estimate of inbreeding F is .0110 in Middle East .0002 other populations. Differentiation region small (F =.026) compared with that species as a whole =.146). Kinship between appreciable within clusters but much less total groups (.004 .001, respectively). Isolation by distance similar groups. available data major appear to have undergone admixture gentiles at rate about 1% per generation, leading rates 50%. Estimates evolutionary size from these suggest substantial founder effects. These results are qualitatively consistent inferences Cavalli-Sforza Carmelli nonparametric analysis Karlin et al., not some interpretations latter.
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