The Estonian study Vasili Pankratov et al. (link) shows the genetic structure of Estonians and the relationship of each province to the geographical environment. The research does not really bring anything new, but it does confirm a lot of what is already known with the help of extensive genetic material. In sum, the population of the northern parts of Estonia is more mixed than the south and wider in diversity (shares smaller IBD episodes) and has a wider population base (Ne reading). All of a sudden, this destroys the notion of Estonians' heterogeneous Balticness and leaves the Finnish and Russian demographic influence in Estonia still open.
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- figure 1 (b) describes the relationship of other populations with Estonians more than the relationship of Estonians with other populations, especially for the reason that no reference groups have been presented for Northern Russians.
- finestructure is not capable of historical context and easily gives misleading results about the origin of populations. Waiting for an analysis capable of historical context...
