The Origins of Ashkenaz, Ashkenazic Jews, and Yiddish

Recently, the geographical origins of Ashkenazic Jews (AJs) and their native language Yiddish were investigated by applying the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) to a cohort of exclusively Yiddish-speaking and multilingual AJs. GPS localized most AJs along major ancient trade routes in northeast...

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Main Authors: Ranajit Das, Paul Wexler, Mehdi Pirooznia, Eran Elhaik
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2017-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2017.00087/full