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ArticlePloS one2018

Revealing the impact of the Caucasus region on the genetic legacy of Romani people from genome-wide data.

Zsolt Bánfai, Valerián Ádám, Etelka Pöstyéni, Gergely Büki, Márta Czakó, Attila Miseta, Béla Melegh

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Zsolt BánfaiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-8484-9874
Valerián ÁdámDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Etelka PöstyéniDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Gergely BükiDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Márta CzakóDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.
Attila MisetaUniversity of Pécs, Medical School, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Pécs, Hungary.
Béla MeleghDepartment of Medical Genetics, Clinical Centre, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary.ORCID 0000-0002-2368-1182

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Abstract

Romani people are a significant minority in Europe counting about 10 million individuals scattered throughout the continent. They are a migratory group originating from Northwestern India. Their exodus from India occurred approximately 1000-1500 years ago. The migration route of the Romani people was reconstructed with the help of cultural anthropology, linguistics and historical records. Their migration made them through Central Asia, Middle East and the Caucasus region, prior to the arriving into Europe. Yet the significance of these regions, especially of the Caucasus, in Roma ancestry was a rather neglected topic. Contribution of the Caucasus and further affected regions to the ancestry of Roma was investigated based on genome-wide autosomal marker data. 158 European Roma samples and 41 populations from the Caucasus region, from Middle East, Central Asia and from South Asia were considered in our tests. Population structure and ancestry analysis algorithms were applied to investigate the relationship of Roma with these populations. Identical by descent DNA segment analyses and admixture linkage disequilibrium based tests were also applied. Our results suggest that the Caucasus region plays also a significant role in the genetic legacy of Romani people besides the main sources, Europe and South Asia, previously investigated by other population genetic studies. The Middle East and Central Asia seems slightly less important but far from negligible in connection with the sources of Roma ancestry. Our results point out that the Caucasus region and altogether the area of the Caspian and Black Seas had a significant role in the migration of Romani people towards Europe and contributed significantly to the genetic legacy of Roma rival to the European and Indian main sources.

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AlgorithmsAsiaAsian PeopleComputational BiologyEuropeGene FrequencyGenetic MarkersHuman MigrationHumansModels, GeneticRomani PeopleWhite PeopleGenetic Markers

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PMCPMC6130880

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