The
Genetic Distance Results
tab is shown below:
The
Genetic Distance Results
tab contains the following elements:
The Heat Map shows the
hierarchical clustering
of the
genetic distances
calculated in this process. The colors on the right
dendrogram
indicate either groups of samples as determined by the clustering algorithm or indicate categories. In general, the “warmer” (more red) the color, the more closely related the individuals. The block circled in the heat map above is an example of one such closely related group. The adjacent”colder” (more blue) blocks represent less closely related samples.
Populations
with smaller genetic distance measures are more genetically similar. In this example, JPT and CHB (Japanese and Chinese populations) are very close as measured by Reynolds' distance. Conversely, the Yoruban population is more genetically distinct from JPT and CHB.