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Jan 1, 2006 · Geneticists such as David Goldstein, formerly of University College London and now of Duke University in the United States, have argued that the Ashkenazi communities of central and northern Europe were established by Jewish men who migrated from the Middle East, perhaps as traders, and married women from local populations who converted to Judaism.
- Judy Siegel-Itzkovich
- 2006
www.sciencedaily.com · releases · 2013New study sheds light on the origin of the European Jewish ...
Jan 16, 2013 · These identified the Caucasus-Near Eastern and European ancestral signatures in the European Jews' genome along with a smaller, but substantial Middle Eastern genome.
Oct 8, 2013 · Professor Richards says that the new explanation for their origins was one of the most significant findings from a wider project in which he and his colleagues -- principally the Portuguese PhD...
The study was criticized by geneticist Doron Behar, who stated that while the Mt-DNA of Ashkenazi Jews is of mixed Middle Eastern and European origins, the deepest maternal roots of Ashkenazi Jews are not European. Harry Ostrer said Richards' study seemed reasonable, and corresponded to the known facts of Jewish history.
Oct 8, 2013 · Richards and his colleagues analyzed mitochondrial DNA, which is contained in the cytoplasm of the egg and passed down only from the mother, from more than 3,500 people throughout the Near...
Oct 8, 2013 · A team led by Martin B. Richards of the University of Huddersfield in England took a fresh look at Ashkenazi lineages by decoding the entire mitochondrial genomes of people from Europe and the...
Nov 30, 2022 · Reich—an expert on ancient DNA whose research has been criticized in the past for not engaging meaningfully enough with the concerns of local communities—encouraged him to pursue ancient DNA sampling, if he could find an ethical way to do it.
