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Diverse genetic origins of medieval steppe nomad conquerors -- a response to Mikheyev et al. (2019)
Eran Elhaik
Recently, Mikheyev et al. (2019) have produced a preprint study describing the genomes of nine Khazars archeologically dated from the 7th to the 9th centuries found in the Rostov c…
Responding to an enquiry concerning the geographic population structure (GPS) approach and the origin of Ashkenazic Jews - a reply to Flegontov et al
Ranajit Das, Paul Wexler, Mehdi Pirooznia +1
Recently, we investigated the geographical origins of Ashkenazic Jews (AJs) and their native language Yiddish by applying a biogeographical tool, the Geographic Population Structur…
An extended reply to Mendez et al.: The 'extremely ancient' chromosome that still isn't
Eran Elhaik, Tatiana V. Tatarinova, Anatole A. Klyosov +1
Earlier this year, we published a scathing critique of a paper by Mendez et al. (2013) in which the claim was made that a Y chromosome was 237,000-581,000 years old. Elhaik et al.…
The GenoChip: A New Tool for Genetic Anthropology
Eran Elhaik, Elliott Greenspan, Sean Staats +13
The Genographic Project is an international effort using genetic data to chart human migratory history. The project is non-profit and non-medical, and through its Legacy Fund suppo…
The Missing Link of Jewish European Ancestry: Contrasting the Rhineland and the Khazarian Hypotheses
Eran Elhaik
The question of Jewish ancestry has been the subject of controversy for over two centuries and has yet to be resolved. The "Rhineland Hypothesis" proposes that Eastern European Jew…
GC3 Biology in Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes
Eran Elhaik, Tatiana Tatarinova
We describe the distribution of Guanine and Cytosine (GC) content in the third codon position (GC3) distributions in different species, analyze evolutionary trends and discuss diff…