Table 6.

Diversity Parameters in Northwestern Africa by Haplogroup, Except for HG 26, Which Was Found in Only One Individual

Diversity Parameters	HG 9(n = 15)	HG 1(n = 5)	HG 2+(n = 3)	HG 21(n = 99)	HG 8(n = 6)
No. of polymorphic sitesa	4	5	5	7	3
No. of different STR haplotypes	9	5	3	33	5
Haplotype diversityb	.80 ± .11	1.00 ± .13	1.00 ± .27	.88 ± .03	.93 ± .12
Mean gene diversityc	.26 ± .18	.41 ± .30	.52 ± .45	.27 ± .17	.25 ± .19
Mean no. of allele differencesd	1.81 ± 1.10	2.90 ± 1.82	3.67 ± 2.52	1.90 ± 1.10	1.73 ± 1.17
Mean no. of differences in repeat sizee	2.38 ± 1.85	3.40 ± 3.06	6.67 ± 4.24	2.44 (2.31)f ± 1.85	2.00 ± 1.97

^aNo. of STR loci found to be variable within each haplogroup in this sample.

^bGene diversity computed from STR haplotype frequencies.

^cMean gene diversity at each STR locus within each haplogroup.

^dPairwise average of the number of different STR alleles for all pairs of chromosomes within each haplogroup.

^ePairwise average of the cumulative absolute difference in STR allele length for all pairs of chromosomes within each haplogroup.

^fWithout large poly (A) tail individual.