Roma Sequencing Study

Present day Roma genome were shaped by the extensive inbreeding and admixture during their Diaspora. Here, we shed light on the Roma demographic history by analyzing the whole genome sequence of 46 Roma individuals pertaining to four migrant groups in six European countries. The strong reduction in effective population size (~44%), that occurred around 2kya, was not masked by the subsequent high admixture in Middle Eastern and European countries.

Type: Other
Archiver: European Genome-Phenome Archive (EGA)

1 Dataset 2 Publications

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Dataset ID	Description	Technology	Samples
EGAD00001006024	Pair end fastq file of 40 Roma whole genome sequence data. This dataset contains the fastq files obtained using illumina hiseq X generated reads, ~30X coverage. 10 Makedonian Roma - Balkan Roma 10 Spanish Roma - North/Western Roma 10 Hungarian Roma - Vlax and Romungro Roma 5 Lithuanian Roma - North/Western Roma 5 Ukranian Roma - Romungro Roma.	HiSeq X Ten	40

Publications	Citations
Recent Common Origin, Reduced Population Size, and Marked Admixture Have Shaped European Roma Genomes. Bianco E, Laval G, Font-Porterias N, García-Fernández C, Dobon B, Sabido-Vera R, Sukarova Stefanovska E, Kučinskas V, Makukh H, Pamjav H, Quintana-Murci L, Netea MG, Bertranpetit J, Calafell F, Comas D. Mol Biol Evol 37: 2020 3175-3187	10
Population history modulates the fitness effects of Copy Number Variation in the Roma. Antinucci M, Comas D, Calafell F. Hum Genet 142: 2023 1327-1343	0