著者

EVA PETREJCÍKOVÁ MIROSLAV SOTÁK JARMILA BERNASOVSKÁ IVAN BERNASOVSKÝ ADRIANA SOVICOVÁ ALEXANDRA BÔZIKOVÁ IVETA BORONOVÁ PETRA ŠVÍCKOVÁ DANA GABRIKOVÁ SONA MACEKOVÁ

出版者

The Anthropological Society of Nippon

雑誌

Anthropological Science (ISSN:09187960)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.117, no.2, pp.89-94, 2009 (Released:2009-07-24)

参考文献数

35

被引用文献数

4 4

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European ‘gypsies’, commonly referred to as Romanies, are represented by a large number of groups spread across many countries. We performed a population genetic study on 200 unrelated Romany males to reveal the genetic origin of the Slovak Romany population. On the basis of Y-chromosome haplotypes, we determined the corresponding Y-haplogroups using Whit Athey’s Haplogroup Predictor. The obtained distribution of haplogroups provided strong evidence of Asian origins, especially Indian. The Indian Y-haplogroup H was the most prevalent and represented 40% of all the samples. The distribution of haplogroups was: E1b1b, 21%; J2, 16.5%; I1a, 14%. Haplogroups R1a, R1b, I2a, and N1 were observed in small frequencies. The obtained genetic structure indicated that the endogamous Romany population has been shaped by a genetic drift and differential admixture, and correlates with the migratory history of the Romanies in Europe.