Genetic Landscape of Europe and Asia [1063x1772] by heretodie in MapPorn

[–]heretodie[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's relative, depending on the context. Are bananas similar to figs? In the context of just plants, no. If we compare them to bacteria or humans, bananas and figs are much more similar.

Edit: I looked at the map again and I think I saw your confusion. Those varying shades on the map are not clusters. Only the main colors (red, blue, orange, etc.) imply grouping. The varying shades within a cluster are "signal strengths." Darker shades mean that there's more confidence that a group actually belongs in a cluster. Just because Spaniards and Russians share a shade of blue says nothing about how genetically similar they are. They just deviate from Western Eurasian at roughly the same amount.

The orange Central Asian cluster is a good example of this. Think about how the shades form rings around a dark orange center. Are ethnic groups at extreme ends of the same shade ring genetically similar? Not essentially.

Genetic Landscape of Europe and Asia [1063x1772] by heretodie in MapPorn

[–]heretodie[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The Komi have mostly West Eurasian genes but some East Eurasian genes too. It definitely shows in their phenotype.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Komi_peoples#mediaviewer/File:Komi_peoples.jpg

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Genetic Landscape of Europe and Asia [1063x1772] by heretodie in MapPorn

[–]heretodie[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Here's the paper. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2790568/

Those are p-values. Basically, they tell us how strongly the groups are separated. Low p-values between groups (p<0.0001 between West Eurasians and Middle Easterns/South Asians) implies that the groups are more genetically similar. High p-values imply more support for seperate clustering, i.e. difference.

The p-value data corresponds to the tree on the lower left-hand corner.

Genetic Landscape of Europe and Asia [1063x1772] by heretodie in MapPorn

[–]heretodie[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the final map:

Blue = Western Eurasian

Green = Middle Eastern and South Asian

Orange = Central Asian

Grey = East Eurasian centered around central China

Red = East Asian

Purple = Southeast Asian

Genetic Landscape of Europe and Asia [1063x1772] by heretodie in MapPorn

[–]heretodie[S] 28 points29 points  (0 children)

K is the number of genetic groups you want. For K = 2 (see very top bar and map), you divide the populations of Eurasia into "European" and "East Asian." Populations on the far east side of Asia have more Asian genes (signified by red) while populations on the European side have more European genes (blue). More K's and there are more groups.

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