Y-haplogroup frequencies in the Slovak Romany population

Anthropological Science

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 89-94

  Petrejčíková, Eva ^a   Soták, Miroslav ^a   Bernasovská, Jarmila ^a   Bernasovský, Ivan ^a   Sovičová, Adriana ^a   Bôžiková, Alexandra ^a   Boroňová, Iveta ^a   Švíčková, Petra ^a   Gabriková, Dana ^a   Mačeková, Soňa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRE OV   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Eastern Slovakia; Indian origin; Romany 'gypsy' population; Y chromosome; Y haplogroups

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949292173     PISSN: 09187960     EISSN: 13488570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1537/ase.080422     Document Type: Article

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