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Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People

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By Harry Ostrer

Web edition: July 13, 2012
Print edition: July 28, 2012; Vol.182 #2 (p. 30)

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This history of the genetics of the Jewish people delves into the population biology and genetic diseases that tie the group together.

Oxford Univ., 2012, 264 p., $24.95

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  • Update comprehension of culture-genetics relationship:
    it's culture that forms genetics, not vice versa!!!


    Update Comprehension Of Culture-Genetics

    Legacy: A Genetic History of the Jewish People by Harry Ostrer
    sciencenews.org/


    A genetic history of a cultural phenotype is the progeny of its cultural history.

    Genetics is the progeny of culture. Culture, the reaction to and exploitation of circumstances, shapes the genetic expressions and profile. Genes are organisms, life’s primal organisms.

    Dov Henis

    Dov Henis Dov Henis
    Jul. 20, 2012 at 3:38pm
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