TY - JOUR
T1 - Genetic composition of Jewish populations
T2 - Diversity and inbreeding
AU - Kobyliansky, E.
AU - Livshits, G.
PY - 1983
Y1 - 1983
N2 - Genetic diversity and F statistics analysis, using 9 and 5 blood group loci, respectively, were carried out on 16 Jewish populations from 5 geographic regions: East Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The proportion of total diversity found within populations was 98·9% while that between populations, within geographic groups and between groups altogether was only 1·1%. The average heterozygosity between geographic groups ranged from 0·3867 to 0·4150. There were no significant differences between geographic groups of populations in heterozygosity or in its variance. Average estimates of inbreeding were as follows: F́is = 0·0419, F́st = 0·0084 and F́it = 0·0498. Because the heterogeneity and relative proportion of diversity were less between Jewish populations than between non-Jewish ones, we conclude that genetic similarity between Jews is higher than between Gentiles. The findings are in agreement with our previously obtained calculations of genetic distances (Kobyliansky, Micle, Goldschmidt-Nathan, Arensburg and Nathan 1982).
AB - Genetic diversity and F statistics analysis, using 9 and 5 blood group loci, respectively, were carried out on 16 Jewish populations from 5 geographic regions: East Europe, Central Europe, South Europe, Middle East and North Africa. The proportion of total diversity found within populations was 98·9% while that between populations, within geographic groups and between groups altogether was only 1·1%. The average heterozygosity between geographic groups ranged from 0·3867 to 0·4150. There were no significant differences between geographic groups of populations in heterozygosity or in its variance. Average estimates of inbreeding were as follows: F́is = 0·0419, F́st = 0·0084 and F́it = 0·0498. Because the heterogeneity and relative proportion of diversity were less between Jewish populations than between non-Jewish ones, we conclude that genetic similarity between Jews is higher than between Gentiles. The findings are in agreement with our previously obtained calculations of genetic distances (Kobyliansky, Micle, Goldschmidt-Nathan, Arensburg and Nathan 1982).
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U2 - 10.1080/03014468300006661
DO - 10.1080/03014468300006661
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C2 - 6638941
AN - SCOPUS:0020960147
SN - 0301-4460
VL - 10
SP - 453
EP - 463
JO - Annals of Human Biology
JF - Annals of Human Biology
IS - 5
ER -