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Reconstructing the Indian origin and dispersal of the European Roma: a maternal genetic perspective.
PloS one - 10 Jan 2011
Mendizabal Isabel, Valente Cristina, Gusmão Alfredo, Alves Cíntia, Gomes Verónica, Goios Ana, Parson Walther, Calafell Francesc, Alvarez Luis, Amorim António, Gusmão Leonor, Comas David, Prata Maria João
Abstract excerpt
Previous genetic, anthropological and linguistic studies have shown that Roma (Gypsies) constitute a founder population dispersed throughout Europe whose origins might be traced to the Indian subcontinent. Linguistic and anthropological evidence point to Indo-Aryan ethnic groups from North-western India as the ancestral parental population of Roma. Recently, a strong genetic hint supporting this theory came from...
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