Jewish Telegraphic Agency11y
Study: Maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews mainly from Europe
(JTA) — The maternal ancestry of Ashkenazi Jews comes mainly from Europe ... Portugal and the United States that looked at mitochondrial DNA, which is contained in the cytoplasm of the egg ...
The Scientist10y
Jewish Heritage Written in DNA
The study “provides a very nice reference panel for the very unique population of Ashkenazi Jews,” said Alon Keinan, who studies human population genomics at Cornell University in New York. Keinan is ...
Jewish genetic data in danger again as 23andMe goes up for sale
Less than a year after 23andMe settled a lawsuit over a data breach which targeted Jewish clients, the company announced it ...
Mashable6y
What you should do if a DNA test suggests you’re Native American
As a result, no consumer DNA test can prove a person's Native American ancestry. What Warren's test did show was a statistical tie to a potential "Indigenous" ancestor, which is not the same as ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency6mon
23andMe agrees to $30M settlement over data breach that targeted Jewish and Chinese users
The genetic testing company 23andMe has agreed to pay $30 million to American plaintiffs to settle a lawsuit over a data breach last year that specifically targeted customers of Ashkenazi Jewish ...