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Mutation history of the roma/gypsies.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2004
Morar Bharti, Gresham David, Angelicheva Dora, Tournev Ivailo, Gooding Rebecca, Guergueltcheva Velina, Schmidt Carolin, Abicht Angela, Lochmuller Hanns, Tordai Attila, Kalmar Lajos, Nagy Melinda, Karcagi Veronika, Jeanpierre Marc, Herczegfalvi Agnes, Beeson David, Venkataraman Viswanathan, Warwick Carter Kim, Reeve Jeff, de Pablo Rosario, Kucinskas Vaidutis, Kalaydjieva Luba
Abstract excerpt
The 8-10 million European Roma/Gypsies are a founder population of common origins that has subsequently split into multiple socially divergent and geographically dispersed Gypsy groups. Unlike other founder populations, whose genealogy has been extensively documented, the demographic history of the Gypsies is not fully understood and, given the lack of written records, has to be inferred from current genetic...
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