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A newly discovered founder population: the Roma/Gypsies.
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Oct 2005
Kalaydjieva Luba, Morar Bharti, Chaix Raphaelle, Tang Hua
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The Gypsies (a misnomer, derived from an early legend about Egyptian origins) defy the conventional definition of a population: they have no nation-state, speak different languages, belong to many religions and comprise a mosaic of socially and culturally divergent groups separated by strict rules of endogamy. Referred to as "the invisible minority", the Gypsies have for centuries been ignored by Western...
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