Modern population

Georgian Megr

Georgian_Megr

Georgian Megr is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Georgian_Megr), with 3 samples from Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Georgian Imer, Georgian West and Georgian Svaneti, and among ancient ones Maykop Late (Bronze Age), Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia) and Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia).

Period
Modern
Country
Georgia
Origin
Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
Sampled near
Tbilisi 41.72, 44.79
Samples
3
Catalogue
Georgian_Megr

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 ImerGeorgian_Imer1.19
2Georgian WestGeorgian_West1.22
3Georgian SvanetiGeorgian_Svaneti1.80
4Georgian GuriaGeorgian_Guria1.84
5AbkhasianAbkhasian1.91
6Georgian AjarGeorgian_Ajar2.19
7Georgian RatchaGeorgian_Ratcha2.22
8Georgian LechkhumiGeorgian_Lechkhumi2.70
9Turkish AhiskaTurkish_Ahiska3.11
10Georgian KartGeorgian_Kart3.16
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Maykop Late (Bronze Age)Maykop_Late2.81
2Caucasus Maikop Novosvobodnaya (Chalcolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Maikop_Novosvobodnaya3.08
3Caucasus Late Maikop (Bronze Age, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_LateMaikop3.53
4Kura Araxes Kaps (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kaps3.83
5Kura-Araxes KapsKura-Araxes_Kaps4.06
6Bragdzor (Early Iron Age)Bragdzor_EIA4.16
7Kura Araxes Kalavan (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Kalavan4.20
8Kura Araxes Berkaber (Early Bronze Age, Armenia)Armenia_EBA_KuraAraxes_Berkaber4.25
9Caucasus (Eneolithic, Russia)Russia_Caucasus_Eneolithic4.32
10Darkveti-Meshoko En (Chalcolithic)Darkveti-Meshoko_En4.41

Individuals 5

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
SMG2Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
SMG3Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
SMG4Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
SMG1 outlierSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia
SMG5 outlierSamegrelo-Zemo Svaneti, Georgia