Population Genetic Study in Gypsies (Roms) from Slovakia

Distribution of Blood Group Genetie Markers

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ID6135978
AuthorsIvan Bernasovský (Department of Anthropology and Zoology, University of P.J.), JARMILA JURÍCKOVÁ (Department of Anthropology and Zoology, University of P.J.), Vladimír Ferák (Department of Molecular Biology, Comenius University), Ferák
Year1994
Volume102
Issue4
Pages409-419
Publication date1994-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnthropological Science (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0918-7960 • E-ISSN: 1348-8570
PublisherAnthropological Society of Nippon (PUBLISHER • JP)
DOI10.1537/ase.102.409
OpenAlexW2019703864
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited5

Data are presented on the distribution of blood group genetic markers in Gypsies (Roms) from Slovakia. A high frequency of the B allele of the ABO system (0.227), and a low A/B gene frequency ratio (1.04), as well as a high frequency of the CCDee phenotype (0.471) and of the Cde haplotype (0.600) are significantly different from those of the Slovak population, and resemble closely the relevant frequencies reported from different Indian populations. The frequency of the Fy allele is also much higher (0.169) than the European standards, and implies that the motherland of Gypsies in India might have been a malaric area. The results indicate that a) the gene pool of the Gypsy population differs from that of the indigenous Europeans, b) in general, the nature of the differences is such that they support the assumption of the Indian origin of Gypsies with Northern India as an unlikely candidate, c) the interpopulation genetic variability among the European Gypsy populations is extensive and significant, and its most likely cause is genetic drift

ABO blood group system · Allele · Allele frequency · Biology · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Gene pool · Genetic diversity · Geography · Haplotype · Indigenous · Population · Sociology · Blood groups and transfusion · Demography · Romani and Gypsy Studies · Ecology · Genetics

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