Pitfalls of the Geographic Population Structure (GPS) Approach Applied to Human Genetic History: A Case Study of Ashkenazi Jews

• Published in: Genome biology and evolution Vol. 8; no. 7; pp. 2259 - 2265
• Main Authors: Flegontov, Pavel, Kassian, Alexei, Thomas, Mark G, Fedchenko, Valentina, Changmai, Piya, Starostin, George
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Oxford University Press 01.07.2016
• Subjects: Evolution, Molecular; Genetics, Population - methods; Genetics, Population - standards; Genome, Human; Human Migration; Humans; Jews - genetics; Pedigree; Population - genetics; population genetics; relexification; Ashkenazi Jews; Yiddish; geographic population structure

In a recent interdisciplinary study, Das et al. have attempted to trace the homeland of Ashkenazi Jews and of their historical language, Yiddish (Das et al. 2016 Localizing Ashkenazic Jews to Primeval Villages in the Ancient Iranian Lands of Ashkenaz. Genome Biol Evol. 8:1132-1149). Das et al. appli...