Mutation history of the roma/gypsies.

Journal article

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 data. In this study, we have used five disease loci harboring private Gypsy mutations...

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Authors: Morar, B; Gresham, D; Angelicheva, D; Tournev, I; Gooding, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: American journal of human genetics
• Volume: 75
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 596-609
• Publication date: 2004-10-01
• DOI: 10.1086/424759
• EISSN: 1537-6605
• ISSN: 0002-9297
• Language: English
• Keywords: Genetic Variation; Genotype; Gene Frequency; Founder Effect; Cluster Analysis; Genetics, Population; Linkage Disequilibrium; Humans; DNA Mutational Analysis; Chromosome Mapping; Europe; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Haplotypes; Gypsies; Mutation; Emigration and Immigration