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From: "Alfred A. Aburto Jr." <>
Subject: Re: [DNA] Malaspina et al (2001)'s Cohens -- an answer ?
Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:28:04 -0700
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> Bonnie Schrack wrote:

>Hi Al,
>You wrote:
>
>The "N" means "No YAP insert" and the "P" means "YAP insert present".
>UEP Group C would then correspond to haplogroup DE (in present day
>terminology, containing haplogroups D and E). This is a clear case.
>
>
>Yes, there is one Cohen in that group, right?
>
>
>
>Bonnie
>
>

Yes, only one Cohanim (Sephardic) in UEP Group C (haplogroup DE).

By the way I notice in the paper (Thomas et al (1998)) the words "Cohen"
and "Cohanim" used interchangeably. Perhaps not a good paractice.

Another thing is that the frequencies don't seem right. For UEP Group A
there are N=207 cases and 47 are Ashkenazi Cohanim (AC) so the frequency
in UEP Group A would be 22.7% and not the 95.9% shown? What's up with
those frequencies?

I think it is right to think of UEP Group B as haplogroup P (in current
terminology) too.
Al


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