Open AccessGENETIC DIFFERENTIATION BETWEEN TWO HUMAN POPULATIONS CONSIDERING ON SOME DYNAMIC AND STATIC MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES
Author(s) -
Adisa Ahmić,
Emir Halilović,
Brankica Milić
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
human
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2232-996X
pISSN - 2232-9935
DOI - 10.21554/hrr.091703
Subject(s) - endogamy , population , biology , genetic structure , gene flow , evolutionary biology , genetic diversity , isolation by distance , panmixia , genetic distance , genetic variation , mantel test , genetics , demography , gene , sociology
In this paper, we report on the first data connected to the phenotype diversity of the Roma population from north/eastern Bosnia and its genetic relations with neighboring non-Roma populations. Genetic structure of the Roma and non-Roma population was analyzed considering on four the static-morphological and three the dynamic-morphological properties. A total of 847 samples have been collected from unrelated individuals in the area of the north/eastern Bosnia. The investigated parameters of genetic heterogeneity were estimated by: the recessive phenotypes frequency observed property, chi-squared test, exact-test, pairwise FST and genetic distance analysis. Estimation of genetic variability of the analyzed populations showed significant genetic differentiation between of the Roma and non-Roma population. The basic factors of the found significant genetic differentiation between the Roma and non-Roma population are a result of a high level of endogamy, the reproductive isolation of the Roma population and limited maternal gene flow with neighboring populations.