Fate to Destiny: The BRCA Gene and the Jewish Community

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Publication: Derech Hateva Volume 16

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Derech HaTeva is a publication of the undergraduate students of Stern College for Women. Editors in Chief: Kate Rosenblatt, Rose Snyder, Helen Unger

As a result of the founder effect, certain mutations of BRCA are more commonly found in populations of Ashkenazi descent and were recently discovered in Sephardic communities.

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