Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century
Shamam Waldman, Daniel Backenroth, Éadaoin Harney, Stefan Flohr, Nadia C. Neff, Gina Marie Buckley, Hila Fridman, Ali Akbari, Nadin Rohland, Swapan Mallick, Íñigo Olalde, Leo Cooper, Ariel Lomes, Joshua Lipson, Jorge Cano Nistal, , David Reich
The paper analyzes genome-wide data from medieval German Jews to show the Ashkenazi founder event occurred before the 14th century, with genetic heterogeneity not present in modern Ashkenazi Jews.
Cell · Nov 30, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics