Modern population

Georgian Imer

Georgian_Imer

Georgian Imer is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Georgian_Imer), with 10 samples from Imereti, Georgia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian West, Georgian Megr and Georgian Guria, and among ancient ones Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia), Maykop Late (Bronze Age) and Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia).

Period
Modern
Country
Georgia
Origin
Imereti, Georgia
Sampled near
Tbilisi 41.72, 44.79
Samples
10
Catalogue
Georgian_Imer

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Georgian WestGeorgian_West1.03
2Georgian MegrGeorgian_Megr1.19
3Georgian GuriaGeorgian_Guria1.46
4Georgian AjarGeorgian_Ajar1.65
5Georgian RatchaGeorgian_Ratcha2.21
6Georgian LechkhumiGeorgian_Lechkhumi2.40
7AbkhasianAbkhasian2.41
8Georgian SvanetiGeorgian_Svaneti2.55
9Georgian KartGeorgian_Kart2.65
10Turkish AhiskaTurkish_Ahiska2.68
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Maikop_Novosvobodnaya2.66
2Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late2.72
3Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kaps3.32
4Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.61
5Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan3.66
6Kura Araxes Berkaber (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Berkaber3.67
7Kura-Araxes KapsKura-Araxes_Kaps3.77
8Kura-Araxes Berkaber (Bronze Age)Kura-Araxes_Berkaber3.97
9Bragdzor (Early Iron Age)Bragdzor_EIA4.02
10Kura Araxes Karnut (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Karnut4.17

Individuals 10

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
GEO38_georgian_imerImereti, Georgia
GEO51_georgian_imerImereti, Georgia
GEO71_georgian_imerImereti, Georgia
GEO73_georgian_imerImereti, Georgia
GEO75_georgia_imerImereti, Georgia
IMR1Imereti, Georgia
IMR2Imereti, Georgia
IMR3Imereti, Georgia
IMR4Imereti, Georgia
IMR5Imereti, Georgia