Principal component analysis
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Hello,

I have done a principal component analysis based on 250 SNPs from a single locus of 100 diploid individuals. The eigen value of the first two principal component describe more than 40% variation. But the problem is I do not have any population information. So the pca plot only shows the dots. So how can interpret the result? Please suggest me how to do that.

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Why did you do the PCA? That is, what question are you trying to answer with your 250 snps and 100 individuals?

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I am trying to see if there is any genetic similarity between the individual, I also want to check if there is any effect of evolution or geographic distribution.

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So do you have the geographical data?

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You can combine your data with individual 1000G genotype data (individual 1000G genotype data) and run the PCA again. But 250SNPs from a single locus could be to small to separate the individuals correctly.

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