HGDP and HapMap Analysis by Ancestry Mapper Reveals Local and Global Population Relationships
Figure 7
There is separation between HG and Agriculturalists. The Biaka are closer to the Agriculturalists than the Mbuti or San, reflecting the gene flow between Biaka and the neighboring Bantu. The AMids for HG to their own references are quite high and distant from their second highest AMid, indicating isolation. We don’t observe the same for the agriculturalists. Many Bantu have high AMids for the agriculturalists, especially Bantu and Yoruba and a wide range of individual variation, representing the heterogeneity of the Bantu HGDP population, and possibly reflecting that the Bantu were collected at seven locations. The Yorubas (mainly from Kenya) have a high Yoruban AMid but also strong Mandenka and Bantu. The two Yoruba populations (YRI/HapMap and Yoruba/HGDP) are indistinguishable. The Mandenka (mainly from Senegal) show a strong Mandenka AMId and are the most isolated of the agriculturalists. Africans have the highest non Sub-Saharan AMids for Mozabite (North Africa), Bedouin (Middle East) and Makrani (CSA). The Mozabite and the Bedouins are quite close geographically, while the relative closeness of the Makrani might reflect the history of slavery in Balochistan, Pakistan.