Genetic material concerning Ossetians and other groups

First off, mtDNA frequencies

Ossetians are represented by stars; other Caucasus groups are represented by circles; squares correspond to populations from Europe; Central Asian groups are represented by diamonds; and West Asian populations by triangles.

(Red - Ossetian, Orange - Kartvel, Green - Adyg, Dark Green - Semitic, Blue -Türkic, Yellow - Persian, Kurd, IE's, Magenta - UgroFinn, Black - unassigned)

S_Os = South Ossetians:

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