UPDATE 8/9/2009: New version 1.02 runs 30% faster and uses less memory
UPDATE 8/7/2009: New version 1.01 supports PLINK binary pedigree (.bed) files

This is the home page for ADMIXTURE, a software tool for maximum likelihood estimation of individual ancestries from multilocus SNP genotype datasets.

Citation information: Genome Research, 2009, 19:1655-1664. See http://www.genome.org/cgi/doi/10.1101/gr.094052.109 for more information.

@article{alexander2009admixture,
  title={{Fast model-based estimation of ancestry in unrelated individuals}},
  author={Alexander, D.H. and Novembre, J. and Lange, K.},
  journal={Genome Research},
  volume={19},
  pages={1655--1664},
  year={2009},
  publisher={Cold Spring Harbor Lab},
  doi={10.1101/gr.094052.109}
}
		  

Downloads:

• x86 Linux ADMIXTURE binary
• ADMIXTURE Documentation
• A sample shell script that might be useful to you

Also, here are some example data files (based on HapMap Phase 3):

• EIGENSTRAT format
• PLINK .ped FORMAT
• PLINK .bed FORMAT

Contact: dalexander@ucla.edu

Version history:

• 1.02 (8/9/2009): Streamlined quadratic programming code, reducing runtime ~30%; reduced memory consumption
• 1.01 (8/7/2009): Added support for PLINK binary pedigree (.bed) files
• 1.00 (7/1/2009): Initial public release