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Genomic reconstruction of the Pakistani Roma reveals dual South Asian ancestry, medieval bottlenecks, and the early dispersal routes of the Romani people.
Human genomics - 9 Jul 2026
Adnan Atif, Chen Hao Dong, Rakha Allah, Ilyas Muhammad, Wang Chuan-Chao
Abstract excerpt
The Roma people represent one of the largest and most historically enigmatic diasporas in Eurasia, illuminating human migration patterns and cultural resilience across continents. Despite extensive research on European Roma as the diaspora endpoint, the genetic legacy of their putative South Asian source populations remains critically underexplored, leaving fundamental gaps in understanding the pre-diaspora...
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- Humans
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Ethnicity
- European People
- Genetics, Population
- Genome, Human