Europe: Genetic Structure Of The Paternal Lineage Of The Roma People

Europe: Genetic Structure Of The Paternal Lineage Of The Roma People Horolma Pamjav, Andrea Zalán, Judit Béres, Melinda Nagy, and Yuet Meng Chang, 2011   According to written sources, Roma (Romanies, Gypsies) arrived in the Balkans around 1,000 years ago from India and have subsequently spread through several parts of Europe. Genetic data, particularly from the Y chromosome, have supported this model, and can potentially refine it. We now provide an analysis of Y-chromosomal markers from...

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