Egy K9

Egy K9 — Ancient Admixture Calculator

Egy K9 estimates ancestral proportions in ancient and modern genomes using a compact, interpretable nine-component reference panel. It compares a query genotype to canonical ancient and global source populations: Anatolia_N, CHG, EHG, Iran_N, SHG, East_Asian, Amerindian, Oceanian, and African. Designed for archaeogeneticists, students, museum curators, and curious ancestry enthusiasts, Egy K9 bridges deep-time population structure with accessible results.

What it analyzes

• Proportional ancestry contributions from each reference component to a target sample.
• Broad affinity patterns that reflect migrations, admixture events, and regional continuity or turnover.

Who it’s for

• Researchers needing a quick, standardized breakdown of ancestry in ancient remains or comparative modern samples.
• Educators and public audiences seeking an interpretable snapshot of complex population history.

Insights you can gain

• Relative weight of Near Eastern (Anatolia_N, Iran_N) versus steppe and hunter-gatherer inputs (EHG, CHG, SHG).
• Signals of long-range contacts (East_Asian, Amerindian, Oceanian) and sub-Saharan African influence.
• Hypotheses about migration pathways, cultural interactions, and population replacement versus admixture.

Context & value Egy K9 condenses widely used paleogenomic reference groups into a practical toolkit for cross-sample comparison. For example, elevated Anatolia_N suggests Neolithic farmers’ influence; CHG and EHG reflect Caucasus and steppe ancestries associated with later Bronze Age movements; SHG captures northern European hunter-gatherer heritage. Non-West Eurasian components highlight episodes of long-range gene flow or contamination checks.

Limitations & best practice

• The nine-component model is deliberately coarse: it emphasizes interpretability over fine-scale resolution.
• Results depend on reference choice and sample age; combine Egy K9 outputs with archaeological context, PCA, an