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Population structure of threatened caribou in western Canada inferred from genome-wide SNP data. CONSERV GENET 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s10592-022-01475-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Shaki D, Eskin-Schwartz M, Hadar N, Bosin E, Carmon L, Refetoff S, Hershkovitz E, Birk OS, Haim A. TSHB R75G is a founder variant and prevalent cause of low or undetectable TSH in Indian Jews. Eur Thyroid J 2022; 11:e210072. [PMID: 34981755 PMCID: PMC9142811 DOI: 10.1530/etj-21-0072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Objective Bi-allelic loss-of-function mutations in TSHB, encoding the beta subunit of thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH), cause congenital hypothyroidism. Homozygosity for the TSHB p.R75G variant, previously described in South Asian individuals, does not alter TSH function but abrogates its detection by some immune detection-based platforms, leading to erroneous diagnosis of hyperthyroidism. We set out to identify and determine the carrier rate of the p.R75G variant among clinically euthyroid Bene Israel Indian Jews, to examine the possible founder origin of this variant worldwide, and to determine the phenotypic effects of its heterozygosity. Design Molecular genetic studies of Bene Israel Jews and comparative studies with South Asian cohort. Methods TSHB p.R75G variant tested by Sanger sequencing and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). Haplotype analysis in the vicinity of the TSHB gene performed using SNP arrays. Results Clinically euthyroid individuals with low or undetectable TSH levels from three apparently unrelated Israeli Jewish families of Bene Israel ethnicity, originating from the Mumbai region of India, were found heterozygous or homozygous for the p.R75G TSHB variant. Extremely high carrier rate of p.R75G TSHB in Bene Israel Indian Jews (~4%) was observed. A haplotype block of 239.7 kB in the vicinity of TSHB shared by Bene Israel and individuals of South Asian origin was detected. Conclusions Our findings highlight the high prevalence of the R75G TSHB variant in euthyroid Bene Israel Indian Jews, demonstrate that heterozygosity of this variant can cause erroneous detection of subnormal TSH levels, and show that R75G TSHB is an ancient founder variant, delineating shared ancestry of its carriers.
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- David Shaki
- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Saban Pediatric Medical Center for Israel, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Genetics Institute at Soroka University Medical Center and the Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Center for Rare Diseases, at the Faculty of Health Sciences and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Genetics Institute at Soroka University Medical Center and the Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Center for Rare Diseases, at the Faculty of Health Sciences and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Endocrinology Lab, Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Saban Pediatric Medical Center for Israel, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics and the Committee on Genetics, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Saban Pediatric Medical Center for Israel, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Genetics Institute at Soroka University Medical Center and the Morris Kahn Laboratory of Human Genetics, National Center for Rare Diseases, at the Faculty of Health Sciences and National Institute for Biotechnology in the Negev, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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- Pediatric Endocrinology Unit, Saban Pediatric Medical Center for Israel, Beer Sheva, Israel
- Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer Sheva, Israel
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High-resolution inference of genetic relationships among Jewish populations. Eur J Hum Genet 2020; 28:804-814. [PMID: 31919450 DOI: 10.1038/s41431-019-0542-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2018] [Revised: 09/25/2019] [Accepted: 10/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Recent studies have used genome-wide single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to investigate relationships among various Jewish populations and their non-Jewish historical neighbors, often focusing on small subsets of populations from a limited geographic range or relatively small samples within populations. Here, building on the significant progress that has emerged from genomic SNP studies in the placement of Jewish populations in relation to non-Jewish populations, we focus on population structure among Jewish populations. In particular, we examine Jewish population-genetic structure in samples that span much of the historical range of Jewish populations in Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Asia. Combining 429 newly genotyped samples from 29 Jewish and 3 non-Jewish populations with previously reported genotypes on Jewish and non-Jewish populations, we investigate variation in 2789 individuals from 114 populations at 486,592 genome-wide autosomal SNPs. Using multidimensional scaling analysis, unsupervised model-based clustering, and population trees, we find that, genetically, most Jewish samples fall into four major clusters that largely represent four culturally defined groupings, namely the Ashkenazi, Mizrahi, North African, and Sephardi subdivisions of the Jewish population. We detect high-resolution population structure, including separation of the Ashkenazi and Sephardi groups and distinctions among populations within the Mizrahi and North African groups. Our results refine knowledge of Jewish population-genetic structure and contribute to a growing understanding of the distinctive genetic ancestry evident in closely related but historically separate Jewish communities.
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Pathak AK, Srivastava A, Singh PP, Das D, Bandopadhyay A, Singh P, Chaubey G. Historic migration to South Asia in the last two millennia: A case of Jewish and Parsi populations. J Biosci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s12038-019-9873-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Pathak AK, Srivastava A, Singh PP, DAS D, Bandopadhyay A, Singh P, Chaubey G. Historic migration to South Asia in the last two millennia: A case of Jewish and Parsi populations. J Biosci 2019; 44:72. [PMID: 31389361] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The South Asian populations have a mosaic of ancestries likely due to the interactions of long-term populations of the landmass and those of East andWest Eurasia. Apart from prehistoric dispersals, there are some known population movements to India. In this study,we focussed on the migration of Jewish and Parsi populations on temporal and spatial scales. The existence of Jewish and Parsi communities in India are recorded since ancient times. However, due to the lack of high-resolution genetic data, their origin and affiliation with other Indian and non-Indian populations remains shrouded in legends. Earlier genetic studies on populations of Indian Jews have found evidence for a minor shared ancestry of Indian Jews with Middle Eastern (Jews) populations, whereas for Parsis, the Iranian link was proposed. Recently, in our high-resolution study, we were able to quantify the admixture dynamics of these groups, which has suggested a male-biased admixture. Here, we added the newly available ancient samples and revisited the interplay of genes and cultures. Thus, in this study we reconstructed a broad genetic profile of Indian Jews and Parsis to paint a fine-grained picture of these ethnic groups.
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- Ajai K Pathak
- Estonian Biocentre, Institute of Genomics, University of Tartu, Riia 23b, Tartu 51010, Estonia
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The Effect of Consanguinity on Between-Individual Identity-by-Descent Sharing. Genetics 2019; 212:305-316. [PMID: 30926583 PMCID: PMC6499533 DOI: 10.1534/genetics.119.302136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2018] [Accepted: 03/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Consanguineous unions increase the rate at which identical genomic segments are paired within individuals to produce runs of homozygosity (ROH). The extent to which such unions affect identity-by-descent (IBD) genomic sharing between rather than within individuals in a population, however, is not immediately evident from within-individual ROH levels. Using the fact that the time to the most recent common ancestor [Formula: see text] for a pair of genomes at a specific locus is inversely related to the extent of IBD sharing between the genomes in the neighborhood of the locus, we study IBD sharing for a pair of genomes sampled either within the same individual or in different individuals. We develop a coalescent model for a set of mating pairs in a diploid population, treating the fraction of consanguineous unions as a parameter. Considering mating models that include unions between sibs, first cousins, and nth cousins, we determine the effect of the consanguinity rate on the mean [Formula: see text] for pairs of lineages sampled either within the same individual or in different individuals. The results indicate that consanguinity not only increases ROH sharing between the two genomes within an individual, it also increases IBD sharing between individuals in the population, the magnitude of the effect increasing with the kinship coefficient of the type of consanguineous union. Considering computations of ROH and between-individual IBD in Jewish populations whose consanguinity rates have been estimated from demographic data, we find that, in accord with the theoretical results, increases in consanguinity and ROH levels inflate levels of IBD sharing between individuals in a population. The results contribute more generally to the interpretation of runs of homozygosity, IBD sharing between individuals, and the relationship between ROH and IBD.
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Chen ZH, Zhang M, Lv FH, Ren X, Li WR, Liu MJ, Nam K, Bruford MW, Li MH. Contrasting Patterns of Genomic Diversity Reveal Accelerated Genetic Drift but Reduced Directional Selection on X-Chromosome in Wild and Domestic Sheep Species. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1282-1297. [PMID: 29790980 PMCID: PMC5963296 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy085] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 04/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Analyses of genomic diversity along the X chromosome and of its correlation with autosomal diversity can facilitate understanding of evolutionary forces in shaping sex-linked genomic architecture. Strong selective sweeps and accelerated genetic drift on the X-chromosome have been inferred in primates and other model species, but no such insight has yet been gained in domestic animals compared with their wild relatives. Here, we analyzed X-chromosome variability in a large ovine data set, including a BeadChip array for 943 ewes from the world’s sheep populations and 110 whole genomes of wild and domestic sheep. Analyzing whole-genome sequences, we observed a substantially reduced X-to-autosome diversity ratio (∼0.6) compared with the value expected under a neutral model (0.75). In particular, one large X-linked segment (43.05–79.25 Mb) was found to show extremely low diversity, most likely due to a high density of coding genes, featuring highly conserved regions. In general, we observed higher nucleotide diversity on the autosomes, but a flat diversity gradient in X-linked segments, as a function of increasing distance from the nearest genes, leading to a decreased X: autosome (X/A) diversity ratio and contrasting to the positive correlation detected in primates and other model animals. Our evidence suggests that accelerated genetic drift but reduced directional selection on X chromosome, as well as sex-biased demographic events, explain low X-chromosome diversity in sheep species. The distinct patterns of X-linked and X/A diversity we observed between Middle Eastern and non-Middle Eastern sheep populations can be explained by multiple migrations, selection, and admixture during the domestic sheep’s recent postdomestication demographic expansion, coupled with natural selection for adaptation to new environments. In addition, we identify important novel genes involved in abnormal behavioral phenotypes, metabolism, and immunity, under selection on the sheep X-chromosome.
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- Ze-Hui Chen
- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,College of Life Sciences, University of the Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China.,School of Life Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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- Animal Biotechnological Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, China
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- Animal Biotechnological Research Center, Xinjiang Academy of Animal Science, Urumqi, China
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- Diversité, Génomes et Interactions Microorganismes Insectes, Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique, University of Montpellier, Montpellier, France
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- Organisms and Environment Division, School of Biosciences and Sustainable Places Research Institute, Cardiff University, Wales, United Kingdom
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Conservation Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing, China
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Aboukaoud M, Israel S, Brautbar C, Eyal S. Genetic Basis of Delayed Hypersensitivity Reactions to Drugs in Jewish and Arab Populations. Pharm Res 2018; 35:211. [PMID: 30225831 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-018-2472-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2018] [Accepted: 08/01/2018] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Genetic variation can affect drug pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and contribute to variability between individuals in response to medications. Specifically, differences in allele frequencies among individuals and ethnic groups have been associated with variation in their propensity to develop drug hypersensitivity reactions (HSRs). This article reviews the current knowledge on the genetic background of HSRs and its relevance to Jewish and Arab populations. The focus is on human leukocyte antigen (HLA) alleles and haplotypes as predictive markers of HSRs ("immunopharmacogenetics"), but other genes and alleles are described as well. Also discussed is the translation of the pharmacogenetic information to practice recommendations.
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- Mohammed Aboukaoud
- Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Room 613, Ein Kerem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Tissue Typing Unit, Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center, Jerusalem, Israel
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- Institute for Drug Research, School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Room 613, Ein Kerem, 91120, Jerusalem, Israel.
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Kang JTL, Goldberg A, Edge MD, Behar DM, Rosenberg NA. Consanguinity Rates Predict Long Runs of Homozygosity in Jewish Populations. Hum Hered 2017; 82:87-102. [PMID: 28910803 DOI: 10.1159/000478897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/04/2017] [Accepted: 06/14/2017] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVES Recent studies have highlighted the potential of analyses of genomic sharing to produce insight into the demographic processes affecting human populations. We study runs of homozygosity (ROH) in 18 Jewish populations, examining these groups in relation to 123 non-Jewish populations sampled worldwide. METHODS By sorting ROH into 3 length classes (short, intermediate, and long), we evaluate the impact of demographic processes on genomic patterns in Jewish populations. RESULTS We find that the portion of the genome appearing in long ROH - the length class most directly related to recent consanguinity - closely accords with data gathered from interviews during the 1950s on frequencies of consanguineous unions in various Jewish groups. CONCLUSION The high correlation between 1950s consanguinity levels and coverage by long ROH explains differences across populations in ROH patterns. The dissection of ROH into length classes and the comparison to consanguinity data assist in understanding a number of additional phenomena, including similarities of Jewish populations to Middle Eastern, European, and Central and South Asian non-Jewish populations in short ROH patterns, relative lengths of identity-by-descent tracts in different Jewish groups, and the "population isolate" status of the Ashkenazi Jews.
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López S, Thomas MG, van Dorp L, Ansari-Pour N, Stewart S, Jones AL, Jelinek E, Chikhi L, Parfitt T, Bradman N, Weale ME, Hellenthal G. The Genetic Legacy of Zoroastrianism in Iran and India: Insights into Population Structure, Gene Flow, and Selection. Am J Hum Genet 2017; 101:353-368. [PMID: 28844488 PMCID: PMC5590844 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2017.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2017] [Accepted: 07/24/2017] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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Zoroastrianism is one of the oldest extant religions in the world, originating in Persia (present-day Iran) during the second millennium BCE. Historical records indicate that migrants from Persia brought Zoroastrianism to India, but there is debate over the timing of these migrations. Here we present genome-wide autosomal, Y chromosome, and mitochondrial DNA data from Iranian and Indian Zoroastrians and neighboring modern-day Indian and Iranian populations and conduct a comprehensive genome-wide genetic analysis in these groups. Using powerful haplotype-based techniques, we find that Zoroastrians in Iran and India have increased genetic homogeneity relative to other sampled groups in their respective countries, consistent with their current practices of endogamy. Despite this, we infer that Indian Zoroastrians (Parsis) intermixed with local groups sometime after their arrival in India, dating this mixture to 690–1390 CE and providing strong evidence that Iranian Zoroastrian ancestry was maintained primarily through the male line. By making use of the rich information in DNA from ancient human remains, we also highlight admixture in the ancestors of Iranian Zoroastrians dated to 570 BCE–746 CE, older than admixture seen in any other sampled Iranian group, consistent with a long-standing isolation of Zoroastrians from outside groups. Finally, we report results, and challenges, from a genome-wide scan to identify genomic regions showing signatures of positive selection in present-day Zoroastrians that might correlate to the prevalence of particular diseases among these communities.
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Ancient X chromosomes reveal contrasting sex bias in Neolithic and Bronze Age Eurasian migrations. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:2657-2662. [PMID: 28223527 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1616392114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Dramatic events in human prehistory, such as the spread of agriculture to Europe from Anatolia and the late Neolithic/Bronze Age migration from the Pontic-Caspian Steppe, can be investigated using patterns of genetic variation among the people who lived in those times. In particular, studies of differing female and male demographic histories on the basis of ancient genomes can provide information about complexities of social structures and cultural interactions in prehistoric populations. We use a mechanistic admixture model to compare the sex-specifically-inherited X chromosome with the autosomes in 20 early Neolithic and 16 late Neolithic/Bronze Age human remains. Contrary to previous hypotheses suggested by the patrilocality of many agricultural populations, we find no evidence of sex-biased admixture during the migration that spread farming across Europe during the early Neolithic. For later migrations from the Pontic Steppe during the late Neolithic/Bronze Age, however, we estimate a dramatic male bias, with approximately five to 14 migrating males for every migrating female. We find evidence of ongoing, primarily male, migration from the steppe to central Europe over a period of multiple generations, with a level of sex bias that excludes a pulse migration during a single generation. The contrasting patterns of sex-specific migration during these two migrations suggest a view of differing cultural histories in which the Neolithic transition was driven by mass migration of both males and females in roughly equal numbers, perhaps whole families, whereas the later Bronze Age migration and cultural shift were instead driven by male migration, potentially connected to new technology and conquest.
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A comprehensive Y-STR portrait of Yousafzai’s population. Int J Legal Med 2017; 131:1241-1242. [DOI: 10.1007/s00414-017-1550-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Waldman YY, Biddanda A, Dubrovsky M, Campbell CL, Oddoux C, Friedman E, Atzmon G, Halperin E, Ostrer H, Keinan A. The genetic history of Cochin Jews from India. Hum Genet 2016; 135:1127-43. [PMID: 27377974 PMCID: PMC5020127 DOI: 10.1007/s00439-016-1698-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/12/2016] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Cochin Jews form a small and unique community on the Malabar coast in southwest India. While the arrival time of any putative Jewish ancestors of the community has been speculated to have taken place as far back as biblical times (King Solomon’s era), a Jewish community in the Malabar coast has been documented only since the 9th century CE. Here, we explore the genetic history of Cochin Jews by collecting and genotyping 21 community members and combining the data with that of 707 individuals from 72 other Indian, Jewish, and Pakistani populations, together with additional individuals from worldwide populations. We applied comprehensive genome-wide analyses based on principal component analysis, FST, ADMIXTURE, identity-by-descent sharing, admixture linkage disequilibrium decay, haplotype sharing, allele sharing autocorrelation decay and contrasting the X chromosome with the autosomes. We find that, as reported by several previous studies, the genetics of Cochin Jews resembles that of local Indian populations. However, we also identify considerable Jewish genetic ancestry that is not present in any other Indian or Pakistani populations (with the exception of the Jewish Bene Israel, which we characterized previously). Combined, Cochin Jews have both Jewish and Indian ancestry. Specifically, we detect a significant recent Jewish gene flow into this community 13–22 generations (~470–730 years) ago, with contributions from Yemenite, Sephardi, and Middle-Eastern Jews, in accordance with historical records. Genetic analyses also point to high endogamy and a recent population bottleneck in this population, which might explain the increased prevalence of some recessive diseases in Cochin Jews.
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- Yedael Y Waldman
- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA
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- Danek Gertner Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Danek Gertner Institute of Human Genetics, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, 52621, Ramat Gan, Israel
- Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Department of Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
- Department of Genetics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
- Department of Human Biology, Faculty of Natural Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel
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- Department of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Blavatnik School of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel
- International Computer Science Institute, Berkeley, CA, 94704, USA
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- Department of Pathology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, 10461, USA
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- Department of Biological Statistics and Computational Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, 14853, USA.
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