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 Buckley; Hila Fridman; Ali Akbari; Nadin Rohland; Swapan Mallick; Íñigo Olalde; Leo Cooper; Ariel Lomes; Joshua Lipson; Jorge Cano Nistal; Jin Yu; Nir Barzilai; Inga Peter; Gil Atzmon; Harry Ostrer; Todd Lencz; Yosef E. Maruvka; Maike Lämmerhirt; Alexander Beider; Leonard Victor Rutgers; Virginie Renson; Keith M. Prufer; Stephan Schiffels; Harald Ringbauer; Karin Sczech; Shai Carmi; David Reich

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2022.11.002

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century Erfurt, Germany d Medieval and modern Ashkenazi Jews (AJ) have similar ancestral genetic sources d Medieval AJ were genetically heterogeneous, likely divided into two or more groups d The individuals descend from an extreme founder event shared with modern AJ

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Genome-wide data from medieval German Jews show that the Ashkenazi founder event pre-dated the 14th century

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