Modern population

Greek Messenia

Greek_Messenia

Greek Messenia is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Greek_Messenia), with 26 samples from Peloponnese, Greece.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Greek Arcadia, Greek Elis and Greek Argolis, and among ancient ones Emona Roman (Antiquity, Slovenia), Early Mid Avar (Medieval, Hungary) and Foggia (Medieval).

Period
Modern
Country
Greece
Origin
Peloponnese, Greece
Sampled near
Attica 37.47, 23.33
Samples
26
Catalogue
Greek_Messenia

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
1Greek ArcadiaGreek_Arcadia0.62
2Greek ElisGreek_Elis0.70
3Greek ArgolisGreek_Argolis0.77
4Greek AchaeaGreek_Achaea0.81
5Greek West TaygetosGreek_West_Taygetos0.88
6Greek CorinthiaGreek_Corinthia0.92
7Greek East TaygetosGreek_East_Taygetos0.92
8Greek PeloponneseGreek_Peloponnese0.95
9Greek LaconiaGreek_Laconia1.03
10Greek North TsakoniaGreek_North_Tsakonia1.28
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Emona Roman (Antiquity, Slovenia)Slovenia_Emona_Roman2.30
2Early Mid Avar (Medieval, Hungary)Hungary_EarlyMidAvar2.36
3Foggia (Medieval)Foggia_MA2.46
4Rome (Medieval)Rome_MA2.46
5Rome Late Antiquity (Antiquity)Rome_Late_Antiquity2.49
6Tilurium Roman (Antiquity, Croatia)Croatia_Tilurium_Roman2.50
7Novo Selo Bunje Roman (Antiquity, Croatia)Croatia_NovoSeloBunje_Roman2.52
8Earlymiddle Avar (Medieval)earlymiddle_Avar2.56
9Tuscany Siena (Early Medieval, Italy)Italy_Tuscany_Siena_EarlyMedieval2.59
10Mirine Fulfinum Roman (Antiquity, Croatia)Croatia_MirineFulfinum_Roman2.72

Individuals 26

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
MES-1Peloponnese, Greece
MES-10Peloponnese, Greece
MES-11Peloponnese, Greece
MES-12Peloponnese, Greece
MES-13Peloponnese, Greece
MES-16Peloponnese, Greece
MES-18Peloponnese, Greece
MES-19Peloponnese, Greece
MES-2Peloponnese, Greece
MES-24Peloponnese, Greece
MES-25Peloponnese, Greece
MES-27Peloponnese, Greece
MES-29Peloponnese, Greece
MES-3Peloponnese, Greece
MES-31Peloponnese, Greece
MES-32Peloponnese, Greece
MES-33Peloponnese, Greece
MES-34Peloponnese, Greece
MES-36Peloponnese, Greece
MES-39Peloponnese, Greece
MES-4Peloponnese, Greece
MES-40Peloponnese, Greece
MES-41Peloponnese, Greece
MES-5Peloponnese, Greece
MES-7Peloponnese, Greece
MES-8Peloponnese, Greece