Whole-genome sequencing of a mid-20th-century femur from central Israel in an open missing-person case
Ethel Vol, Shamam Waldman, Ariel Lomes, Esther S. Brielle, Noam Appel, Boris Dolin, Sharon Asif, Yossi Nagar, Eyal Marco, Nathaniel Bergman, Oded Khaner, Dvir Raviv, Jacob Oliel, Rafael Y. Lewis, Shai Carmi
The paper reports whole-genome sequencing of a mid-20th-century femur from Israel, revealing Arab ancestry instead of the proposed Ashkenazi Jewish origin.
bioRxiv · Apr 28, 2026 · PreprintGenetics