Reconstructing Roma history from genome-wide data.

The Roma people, living throughout Europe and West Asia, are a diverse population linked by the Romani language and culture. Previous linguistic and genetic studies have suggested that the Roma migrated into Europe from South Asia about 1,000-1,500 years ago. Genetic inferences about Roma history ha...

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Main Authors: Priya Moorjani, Nick Patterson, Po-Ru Loh, Mark Lipson, Péter Kisfali, Bela I Melegh, Michael Bonin, Ludevít Kádaši, Olaf Rieß, Bonnie Berger, David Reich, Béla Melegh
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3596272?pdf=render