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Eric S. Lander () and Joseph J. Ellis
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Eric S. Lander: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Joseph J. Ellis: Mount Holyoke College

Nature, 1998, vol. 396, issue 6706, 13-14

Abstract: Almost two hundred years ago Thomas Jefferson was alleged to have fathered children by his slave Sally Hemings. The charges have remained controversial. Now, DNA analysis confirms that Jefferson was indeed the father of at least one of Hemings' children.

Date: 1998
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