Genetic analysis of Ancient Gaul

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I have created a page dedicated the the genetics of ancient Gauls. I calculated the Dodecad K12b average percentages for 16 Gaulish samples and ran them against modern populations in Vahaduo to obtain the closest matches.
 
Congratulations Maciamo. Yes, very nice analysis for the ancient GauIs. I believe that Vahaduo Dodecad K12b can be a good calculator in most situations, especially if the miscegenation degree of the analyzed individual is not very high, which implies a greater correspondence of the individual percentages with the clusters of eachethnic group in populations spreadsheet. In my case, Portuguese and Iberian ancestry is evidenced with a the add of a small part of African ancestry, probably from slaves arrived in Brazil from Angola. The modern MTA calculator seems comes a little closer to the results of the EU K15, IMO.

Vahaduo modern Dodecad K12b:

Single:
Distance to:Duarte
4.86428823Portuguese
5.60963457Spanish_Canarias
6.56048779Spanish_Castilla-Leon
6.81144625Spanish_Galicia
7.27809041Spanish_Valencia
7.42806839Spanish_Andalusia
7.74020026Spanish_Baleares
8.34568751Spanish_Asturias
8.43749370Spanish_Catalonia
8.88155955Spanish_Aragon
9.45535298Spanish_Cantabria
10.56102268Italian_Aosta_Valley
11.58249973Spanish_La_Rioja
12.25061274Swiss_Italian
12.33901941Italian_Piedmont
12.77031715Italian_Lombardy
12.98469869Italian_Trentino
13.73355380Italian_Liguria
13.90171572Italian_Veneto
14.54954295Italian_Emilia
14.56949896French_Southwest
15.16802558Italian_Friuli_VG
15.94834788Italian_Tuscany
16.19828386French_Corsica
16.20948796French_Northeast

2way mix:
Target: Duarte
Distance: 3.3272% / 3.32716206 | R2P
96.5Portuguese
3.5Bantu_S.E._Tswana


Target: Duarte
Distance: 3.3850% / 3.38503466 | R2P
96.8Portuguese
3.2Mandenka

3way mix:
Target: Duarte
Distance: 2.2211% / 2.22110742 | R3P
59.2Portuguese
35.6Spanish_Aragon
5.2Luhya

Target: Duarte
Distance: 2.3115% / 2.31152646 | R3P

62.1Portuguese
33.2Spanish_Aragon
4.7Bantu_S.E._Tswana







Modern MTA:
Your closest genetic modern populations...
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1. Portuguese (6.307)
2. Spanish_Extremadura (7.061)
3. Spanish_Galicia (7.266)
4. Spanish_Cantabria (7.592)
5. Spanish_Castilla_Y_Leon (7.609)
6. Spanish_Murcia (7.860)
7. Spanish_Cataluna (7.977)
8. Spanish_Castilla_La_Mancha (9.082)
 
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Here is a Dodecad K12b PCA I had made of Bronze Age and Iron Age French samples compared to other ancient groups:

gwEqiLb.png
 
Nice work Maciamo and Jovialis: Thanks Duarte for sharing your results: My top 25 distances (gradiant 50) for modern using Dodecad K12 (Vahaduo): Dodecad K7 has the Ancient Roman samples by Cluster (i.e. C1, C2...C6..C7) which I think Jovialis worked on if I remember correctly. Is there similar clustering of the Ancient Roman samples from Antonio et al 2019 in Dodecad K12? I know using K7, I get strong clustering with the C6 cluster that Jovialis is showing in his PCA which I also get with Modern Italian samples in Dodecad K12 Modern and Ancient single. I would think those Dodecad K12 matches are in the C6 cluster using Dodecad K12 as well.

Distance to:PalermoTrapani
3.55695094Italian_Campania
3.83109645Italian_Abruzzo
4.03399306Italian_Sicily
5.85703850Italian_Calabria
6.29590343Italian_Apulia
6.47651913Ashkenazi_Jews
7.04365275Italian_Marche
7.18862991MD_Jewish
7.65706210Italian_Lazio
7.90179726Greek_Lemnos
8.92854971Italian_Jews
9.03374230Greek_Foca
9.04327927Greek_Athens
9.04979005Greek_Central
9.35666073Greek_Fournoi
9.70223686Greek_Izmir
10.45749014Italian_Romagna
10.57145212Greek_Crete
10.81484165Greek_Peloponnese
11.64560432Sephardic_Jews
11.69138999Greek_Icaria
11.84918563Albanian
12.07460558Greek_Kos
12.38930587Greek_Thrace
12.53945374Morocco_Jews

top 25 Ancient:
Distance to:PalermoTrapani
2.59038607R56_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
2.76190152R52_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
3.27177322R122_Late_Antiquity_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia
3.34701359R35_Late_Antiquity_Celio
3.84983117R131_Imperial_Era_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis
4.10471680R835_Imperial_Era_Civitanova_Marche
4.16370028R1290_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
4.18976133R437_Iron_Age_Palestrina_Selicata
4.32090268R973_Medieval_Era_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti
4.40341913Szolad40
4.54783465R49_Imperial_Era_Centocelle_Necropolis
4.57668002R117_Late_Antiquity_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia
4.82952379R65_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
4.83867751R54_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
5.03103369R836_Imperial_Era_Civitanova_Marche
5.08341421Collegno121
5.10995108R57_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
5.30245226R47_Imperial_Era_Centocelle_Necropolis
5.32897739R59_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
5.43089311R969_Medieval_Era_Tivoli_Palazzo_Cianti
5.46635162R64_Medieval_Era_Villa_Magna
5.50746766R121_Late_Antiquity_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia
5.68175149R107_Late_Antiquity_Crypta_Balbi
5.70777540R113_Imperial_Era_Via_Paisiello_Necropolis
5.90403252R118_Late_Antiquity_S_Ercolano_Necropolis_Ostia

 
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I have created a page dedicated the the genetics of ancient Gauls. I calculated the Dodecad K12b average percentages for 16 Gaulish samples and ran them against modern populations in Vahaduo to obtain the closest matches.

Interesting, Maciamo.
I notice in LN Switzerland, the Aesch25 (the only Y-R1b there and the late of the site) with 54,8% of 'north-euro', 19,8% 'gedrosia', a very reduced % of 'atlant-med', and 0% of 'NW-Africa' and Caucasus.
in other places, where I notice too some heterogeneity, we see the same link between 'north-euro' and 'gedrosia'; K12b is a special way (based on modern pops) to analyse admixture, and the opposition 'caucasus'-'gedrosia' has been criticised by someones, but I find all that very interesting, before to read it more serously. Thanks.
 
You speak of heterogeneity among Gauls, but the period of the highest heterogeneity is the BB's one, not surprising; after, it tends to homogenise progressively; all the way I wonder if the elite's exogamy doesn't explain the lasting of some heterogeneity; Celts were dominant tribes upon "loosers" before they underwent osmosis, and the DNA we have is I think rather the elite's one.
 
Nice topic
 

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