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A genetic historical sketch of European Gypsies: The perspective from autosomal markers.
American journal of physical anthropology - 1 Apr 2010
Gusmão Alfredo, Valente Cristina, Gomes Verónica, Alves Cíntia, Amorim António, Prata Maria João, Gusmão Leonor
Abstract excerpt
In this study, 123 unrelated Portuguese Gypsies were analyzed for 15 highly polymorphic autosomal short tandem repeats (STRs). Average gene diversity across the 15 markers was 76.7%, which is lower than that observed in the non-Gypsy Portuguese population. Subsets of STRs were used to perform comparisons with other Gypsy and corresponding host populations. Interestingly, diversity reduction in Gypsy groups...
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