Kosovar Albanians

Population profile   

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Introduction

Albanians are the largest ethnic group in Kosovo. They speak Gheg Albanian, more specifically the Northwestern and Northeastern Gheg variants.  wiki

Population size

3000000

Geography

Group Country Region
Kosovar AlbaniansKosovoWestEurasia

Y chromosome and mtDNA haplogroup   

No data

Genetic affinity   

Summary: Genetic affinities of target population in the context of worldwide populations are measured by pairwise FST between target population and references. Smaller FST value indicates closer relationship. Regions represented by different colors are indicated above. Kosovar Albanians's closest affinity is to popA (FST = valA) and the second closest is to popB (FST = valB).

Population structure   


Populaion substructure.

Summary: Genetic location of target population under global context and regional context is shown by PCA plot. Substructure of the target population (if exists) is revealed by PCA plot. Regions represented by different colors are indicated above each plot.

ADMIXTURE   

Summary: Admixture pattern of target population is revealed by ADMIXTURE analysis with references chosen according to publications. Length of each colored bar represents the admixture proportion of representative ancestry in the individual. Choosing “which K” to show admixture pattern of target population under K ancestries.

Run of Homozygosity   

Summary: Identity by descent of the target population in global context is indicated by number of Runs of Homozygosity (ROH). Higher number of ROH indicates a higher level of identity by descent. Choose “ROH length” to show patterns of different time scales.

Natural selection   

No data

Reference   

Author Title Journal Year PMID
Yunusbayev et alThe Caucasus as an Asymmetric Semipermeable Barrier to Ancient Human Migrations.Molecular Biology and Evolution201121917723
Behar et al.The genome-wide structure of the Jewish people.Nature201020531471
Yunusbayev et alThe genetic legacy of the expansion of Turkic-speaking nomadsacross Eurasia.PLoS Genetics201525898006
Raghavan et al.Upper Palaeolithic Siberian genome reveals dual ancestry of Native Americans.Nature201424256729
Chaubey et al.Population Genetic Structure in Indian Austroasiatic Speakers: The Role of Landscape Barriers and Sex-Specific AdmixtureMolecular Biology and Evolution201020978040
Metspalu et al. Shared and Unique Components of Human Population Structure and Genome-Wide Signals of Positive Selection in South AsiaThe American Journal of Human Genetics201122152676
Rasmussen et al.Ancient human genome sequence of an extinct Palaeo-Eskimo.Nature201020148029
Fedorova et al.Autosomal and uniparental portraits of the native populations of Sakha (Yakutia): implications for the peopling of Northeast Eurasia.BMC Evolution Biology201323782551
Di Cristofaro et al.Afghan Hindu Kush: where Eurasian sub-continent gene flows converge.PLoS One201324204668
Kovacevic et al.Standing at the gateway to Europe--the genetic structure of Western balkan populations based on autosomal and haploid markers.PLoS One201425148043
The 1000 Genomes Project Consortium.A global reference for human genetic variation.Nature201526432245

Summary: Reference(s) for samples enrolled in this analysis.