Ancestral Origins and Admixture History of Kazakhs
First whole-genome sequencing study of Kazakhs residing in Xinjiang (KZK) demonstrated that KZK derived their ancestries from 4 ancestral source populations: East Asian (∼39.7%), West Asian (∼28.6%), Siberian (∼23.6%), and South Asian (∼8.1%).
An estimation of the unbiased global genetic differences (Fst) of KZK with the global population showed that KZK was genetically closest to the SIB population, followed by EA, SA, and WE. The top 4 populations exhibiting the closest genetic affinity to KZK were Uyghur (Fst = 0.0038), Kalmyk (Fst = 0.0047), Hazara (Fst = 0.0047), and Even (Fst = 0.0075).
📚 Molecular Biology and Evolution, Volume 41, Issue 7, July 2024.