Population genetics of the European Roma—a review

GF Ena, J Aizpurua-Iraola, N Font-Porterias, F Calafell… - Genes, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Roma are a group of populations with a common origin that share the Romani identity
and cultural heritage. Their genetic history has been inferred through multiple studies based …

Origins, admixture and founder lineages in European Roma

B Martínez-Cruz, I Mendizabal, C Harmant… - European Journal of …, 2016 - nature.com
The Roma, also known as 'Gypsies', represent the largest and the most widespread ethnic
minority of Europe. There is increasing evidence, based on linguistic, anthropological and …

[HTML][HTML] European Roma groups show complex West Eurasian admixture footprints and a common South Asian genetic origin

N Font-Porterias, LR Arauna, A Poveda, E Bianco… - PLoS …, 2019 - journals.plos.org
The Roma population is the largest transnational ethnic minority in Europe, characterized by
a linguistic, cultural and historical heterogeneity. Comparative linguistics and genetic studies …

Recent common origin, reduced population size, and marked admixture have shaped European Roma genomes

E Bianco, G Laval, N Font-Porterias… - Molecular biology …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Abstract The Roma Diaspora—traditionally known as Gypsies—remains among the least
explored population migratory events in historical times. It involved the migration of Roma …

Representing vulnerable populations in genetic studies: The case of the Roma

V Lipphardt, GA Rappold, M Surdu - Science in Context, 2021 - cambridge.org
Moreau (2019) has raised concerns about the use of DNA data obtained from vulnerable
populations, such as the Uighurs in China. We discuss another case, situated in Europe and …

A Roma founder BIN1 mutation causes a novel phenotype of centronuclear myopathy with rigid spine

M Cabrera-Serrano, F Mavillard, V Biancalana… - Neurology, 2018 - AAN Enterprises
Objective To describe a large series of BIN1 patients, in which a novel founder mutation in
the Roma population of southern Spain has been identified. Methods Patients diagnosed …

Rare copy number variation in extremely impulsively violent males

J Vevera, M Zarrei, H Hartmannová… - Genes, Brain and …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The genetic correlates of extreme impulsive violence are poorly understood, and there have
been no studies that have systematically characterized a large group of affected individuals …

Admixture has shaped Romani genetic diversity in clinically relevant variants

N Font-Porterias, A Giménez, A Carballo-Mesa… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Genetic patterns of inter-population variation are a result of different demographic and
adaptive histories, which gradually shape the frequency distribution of the variants …

The Iberian Roma genetic variant server; population structure, susceptibility to disease and adaptive traits

F Mavillard, J Pérez-Florido, FM Ortuño, A Valladares… - medRxiv, 2023 - medrxiv.org
The Roma are the most numerous ethnic minority in Europe. The Iberian Roma arrived in
the Iberian Peninsula five centuries ago and still today, they keep a strong group identity …

The Iberian Roma Population Variant Server (IRPVS)

F Mavillard, J Perez-Florido… - Journal of genetics …, 2024 - pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The Iberian Roma Population Variant Server (IRPVS) The Iberian Roma Population Variant
Server (IRPVS) J Genet Genomics. 2024 Mar 26:S1673-8527(24)00059-6. doi: 10.1016/j.jgg.2024.03.006 …