Index. chromatin, euchromatin, 201 heterochromatin, 201 codon, 137 Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH), 83 85, 105 Lemba and, 9 10, 83 84,

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1 Index ancient DNA studies of, , in ancient Maya, 170 Ashkenazi Jews CMH present in, 84 descent of, 13, 270 percentage of Jewish population as, 95 Q-P36 marker as founding lineage in, Tay-Sachs disease and, 273 beards as a genetic indicator, 58 blood groups four classes of, 2 as key to population relationships, 3, 200 of Lembas and Falasha Jews, 14 Native American studies of, by Michael Crawford, 194 of Peruvian mummies, 10 Zegura s genetic studies of, 6 Book of Mormon demographics, 74 existence of other peoples in the land in, 42 44, 123, historical analysis of the Book of Mormon in, Book of Mormon geography, 29 31, 124 actual location in Americas of, 31, 32 historical analysis of, Latter-day Saint revelation on, migration from Mesoamerica in, traditions of Latter-day Saints about, Book of Mormon language, 49 chromatin, euchromatin, 201 heterochromatin, 201 codon, 137 Cohen Modal Haplotype (CMH), 83 85, 105 Lemba and, 9 10, 83 84,

2 284 The Book of Mormon and DNA Research cystic fibrosis, gene studies of, 139, 143 DNA testing forensic vs. ancestry, 71 72, founder event, 13 genetic drift and, 170 Icelandic studies and, 89 lack of diversity in, local colonization hypothesis and, 121 Native American populations and, small size of in the Book of Mormon, 122 genetic drift definition of, differentiating between natural selection and, 154 effects of, 121, , , genome organization, global colonization hypothesis, glottochronology, 2, 98, violation of by Book of Mormon peoples, Hebrew language parallels to Native American languages (see Uto-Azecan), 210 use of by Nephites, 209 use of in ancient America, Thor Heyerdahl s theory of relationships, 3 Human Genome Project, 111, 137 Icelandic DNA study, 75 Ishmael (in the Book of Mormon) Cohen markers and, 84 as forefather of Lamanites, 37, 86, 234, 279 founder effect of, 13 as Josephite, 309 Lamanite king descendant of, 275 nonrandom mating and, 161 Ishmael (son of Abraham), Israelite, definition of, , Jaredites global colonization hypothesis and, migration of, Latter-day Saint commentary on, , Jew, definition of, Kennewick man, 8, 90, 169, 172,

3 Index 285 Lamanites cultural legacy of, , 211, 213, 247 definition of, 37 39, , 244, 258, , genetic signature of, global colonization hypothesis and, and, 178, 235 lineage history of, local colonization hypothesis and, 120 Native Americans descendants of, 79 80, 83, 124, , Lehite, definition of, Lemba peoples, Jewish origin of, 9, 13 14, 16, 83 85, 105, lexicostatistics, 2 local colonization hypothesis, malaria, correspondence of with sickle-cell anemia, meiosis, , 142, 153 mitochondrial DNA Amerindian haplogroups in, 7, 98 composition of, definition of, 5, diversity in Native Americans of, 82 energy production information, 60 of Eve, 102, 168 genetic drift in, of haplotypes of, 167 of, 156 of Ishmael s wife, 23 Jewish studies using, 80, Joseph Chang s study of, of lineage of Asenath, 82 of maternal lineage, 71, 137, , minor role of in tracking ancestry, 74, 203 mutation of, 164 Native American study of, recombination of, 163 studies using, and Y chromosomes, 75 Maya studies in, 170 Y-chromosome data, differences between, mitosis, molecular-clock hypothesis, 145 Mulekites Cohen studies and, 84 genetic signature of, 75 76, 150, 151, 152, 282, violation of by, intermarriage among, , 297

4 286 The Book of Mormon and DNA Research migration of, 38, 56 Native American origins and, 83, 96 Native American languages, Native American origins, Joseph Smith on, natural selection blood group composition and, 3 4 definition of, 148 differentiation between genetic drift and, 154 effect of on genetic signature, 125 as violation of Hardy-Weinberg assumption of, 157 Nephites definition of, 37 38, , 243, , 279 genetic history of, land of, 29 31, 35 language of, 226 nonrandom mating among, population of, 236 neutral theory definition of, 145 deleterious mutations and, nuclear genome definition of, mitosis and meiosis in, mutation in, 164 nucleosome, definition of, 135 nucleotide, 137 mutation in, phenotype variants in Mesoamerican art, Quechua, Semitic origins of, 50 recombination, 125, 138, 140 tendency to error in, 141 ribosome, 137 scientific analysis, six stages of, 1 2 Sephardic Jews Cohen studies in, 84 percentage of Jewish population as, 95 Tay-Sachs disease and, 273 sickle-cell anemia correspondence of, with malaria, Tay-Sachs disease, transoceanic migrations, Asia to Ecuador, 54 Greenland to Vinland, 55 Indonesia to Madagascar, 54 Mesoamerican traditions of, Venezuela to Florida, 54 universal genetic code, 134

5 Index 287 Uto-Aztecan, Semitic origins of, 15, 50, 210 X chromosome inheritance of, 135, 156, 201 recombination of, 163 Y chromosome ambiguity in human data of, Asian origins of, 194 in Asian source populations, 172 in Cohen studies, 16, 83 84, genetic drift and, and, Jewish and Native American studies of, 85 92, 105 lack of genetic variation of, 171 of Lehi, 23 minor role of in tracking ancestry, 74 paternal lineage of, 71 studies of mitochondrial DNA and, 75