Population structure for European, Jewish, and Middle Eastern populations, inferred with unsupervised clustering. Constructed from the analysis of 678 autosomal microsatellite loci. The number of predefined clusters (K) is indicated to the left of each plot. Each individual is represented by a thin vertical line that is partitioned into K colored components according to the inferred membership in K genetic clusters. For each K, only the major mode is shown (obtained in 39 of 40 replicates for K = 2, 40 of 40 replicates for K = 3, 15 of 40 replicates for K = 4, 40 of 40 replicates for K = 5, and 20 of 40 replicates for K = 6).
Naama M Kopelman, Lewi Stone, Chaolong Wang, Dov Gefel, Marcus W Feldman, Jossi Hillel and Noah A Rosenberg
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Naama M Kopelman et al. Genomic microsatellites identify shared Jewish ancestry intermediate between Middle Eastern and European populations. BMC Genetics200910:80 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-80 <a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://bmcgenet.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2156-10-80">http://bmcgenet.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2156-10-80</a>