English: Overview of the genetic structure and global ancestry inference in a selection of European, Near Eastern, and African populations. Countries represented in the database built for comparative analyses are: Finland, Central Europe, United Kingdom, France, French Basques, Spanish Basques, Iberians, North West Spain (Galicia), Southern Spain (Andalusia), Southern Spain (Huelva), Southern Spain (Granada), Portugal, Northern Italy, Central Italy (Tuscany), Israel (Druze), Israel (Palestinians), Israel (Bedouins), Moroccan populations (3), Algerian Populations(2), Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, W. Sahara, West African populations (8) . ADMIXTURE plot for K = 5 ancestral clusters in the populations ordered by geographic affiliation. Both in (B) and (C), the populations genotyped in the present study are marked in bold blue face.