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Y chromosomes of Jewish priests
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Y chromosomes of Jewish priests

  • Karl Skorecki1,2,
  • Sara Selig1,2,
  • Shraga Blazer1,2,
  • Robert Bradman3,
  • Neil Bradman3,
  • P. J. Waburton3,
  • Monica Ismajlowicz3 &
  • …
  • Michael F. Hammer4 

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  1. Bruce Rappaport Faculty of Medicine and Research Institute and Rambam Medical Centre, Technion-lsrael Institute of Technology, Haifa, 31096, Israel

    Karl Skorecki, Sara Selig & Shraga Blazer

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, M5S1A8, Canada

    Karl Skorecki, Sara Selig & Shraga Blazer

  3. Department of Biology, University College London, London, WC1E 6BT, UK

    Robert Bradman, Neil Bradman, P. J. Waburton & Monica Ismajlowicz

  4. Laboratory of Molecular Systematics and Evolution,Biosciences West, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, 85721, USA

    Michael F. Hammer

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