g25-armenian

A publicly available, definitive collection of Armenian G25 samples, pooling together both published and private samples, and correcting labels in pre-existing samples. Assembled by @tikosg.

Changelog

Version 1 (27/12/2024):

New set of definitive group averages, regional averages and individuals, with the addition of 24 new private samples that have been anonymised.

Averages

• Only averages with a sample size greater than 1 are published
• New averages: Armenian_Lori, Armenian_Central_Iran, Armenian_Ashtarak
• Renamed Armenian_Hemsheni to Armenian_Hamshen
• Renamed Armenian_Tigranakert to Armenian_Diyarbekir
• Old Armenian_Erzurum corrected to Armenian_Javakhk (as the samples did not descend from Erzurum)
• Armenian average from Platt et al. 2021 was excluded due to lack of metadata

Individuals

• Added private Van001 sample to Armenian_Van
• Added private HemsinTurkey1 sample to Armenian_Hamshen
• Added private Mardin01 and Diarbekir001 samples to Armenian_Diyarbekir
• Added private samples Fereydunshahr001, ARM003, Khomeyn001 and Khomeyn002 to new Armenian_Central_Iran sample
• Added private sample Ashtarak001 to Armenian_Ashtarak
• Added private Martuni1 and Talish01 samples to Armenian_Artsakh
• Added private Bayazet1 sample to Armenian_Bayazet
• Added private Lori002,Lori003, Lori004, Lori005Shnogh, and Lori006Shnogh samples to Armenian_Lori
• Added six more individuals with mixed ancestry to regional averages
• Chambarak13 and Shahumyan10 moved to Armenian_Gardman
• ARM6 removed from Armenian_Javakhk as it was erroneously included in the original group
• Goris8 labelled as outlier of Armenian_Syunik

Regions

• Every sample is grouped into eight regions to allow for regional analysis, with the inclusion of several individuals with mixed ancestry across groups but within regions
• New Armenian_ArtsakhShirvanArran region to represent individuals with mixed ancestry across the Lesser and Greater Caucasus mountains
• New Armenian_Iran to represent individals with ancestry across Iran