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Population replacements in Armenia and Iran over the past 7000 years
ABSTRACT We present genetic evidence of multiple demographic changes in...
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The PEOPLING OF ANATOLIA OVER THE PAST 2000 YEARS
ABSTRACT DNA from hundreds of ancient humans remains spanning the...
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Post Iron Age Introduction of Y-DNA R1a R-Z94 and East Asian Ancestry into Kurdistan, North Iran, and Turkey with the Parthians and Scythians
Abstract The recent publication of numerous DNA sequences from ancient...
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Genetic Relationships of Asian Populations using Whole Genome Sequencing
abstract To date there has been very limited analysis on...
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Indo-Europeanization of Iran & Kurdistan – The genetic substructure of the Indo-Iranian invaders
Sometime between the late Bronze-Age and the early Iron-Age, Iran...
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An Ancient Harappan Genome Lacks Ancestry from Steppe Pastoralists or Iranian Farmers – A critique
DISCUSSION Earlier this month the much awaited Bronze Age Indus...
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SAPDA – A new publicly available admixture inference program
DISCUSSION We are proud to announce the availability to the...
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Introducing SAPDA – a powerful new admixture inference software
New program for ancestry calculation
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Impact of the Iron Age Saka and Scythians on the demography of Kurds
ABSTRACT The flood of recently sequenced ancient DNA has tremendously...
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How to interpret your ancestry admixture results
DISCUSSION You have just obtained your results from a commercial...
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In progress: A method for improving accuracy in specific shared drift tests
BACKGROUND Over the past decade various tools have been developed...
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Diploid Genotyping Low to Medium Coverage Ancient DNA – Part 1
OVERVIEW The overwhelming majority of published ancient DNA (aDNA) are...
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The Onge versus other Indian & SE Asian ASI proxies
DISCUSSION The Onge are an endangered relic population with only...
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Elevated Eurasian Steppe Ancestry in Kurds
Here I investigate how much more genetic drift Kurds share...
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Alternate methods of analysis using ADMIXTURE & PCAs
The use of PCAs and ADMIXTURE program is widespread in...
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An Admixture Calculator for Eurasians
Genealogical testing companies use highly admixed references In other posts,...
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A detailed look at East & North Eurasian Gene Flow to South & West Asians
Here I perform a detailed analysis of East and North...
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Characterising private and shared signatures of positive selection in 37 Asian populations
A new paper by Liu et al1 examines patterns of...
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23andMe’s New Admixture Date Estimator
I received a couple of inquiries asking what my thoughts...
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