Table 1.

Locus diversity in 15 studied populations based on 8 markers on Xq13 and 6 markers on Xp22.

			Xq13:8 microsatellites			Xp22: 6 microsatellites
Population	Census sizeΛ	Sample size Xq13/Xp22	Locus diversity Mean±sd	No of alleles	No of haplotypes	Locus diversity Mean±sd	No of alleles	No of haplotypes
Saami*	< 80 000	54	0.62 ± 0.34	5.57 ± 2.28	33	0.65 ± 0.37	5.50 ± 2.26	43
Evenki*	50 000	71/70	0.63 ± 0.35	5.86 ± 3.11	56	0.62 ± 0.35	5.33 ± 2.94	53
Kuusamo**	∼18 000**	39	0.64 ± 0.35	5.75 ± 1.70	34	0.71 ± 0.40	7.33 ± 3.50	35
Mari	∼670 000	44	0.69 ± 0.38	7.21 ± 3.07	37	0.71 ± 0.39	7.33 ± 3.01	43
Udmurts	∼746 000	49/42	0.70 ± 0.38	7.57 ± 3.48	48	0.72 ± 0.40	7.83 ± 4.49	42
Chuvash	∼1.8 million	40/38	0.71 ± 0.38	7.50 ± 3.18	38	0.73 ± 0.41	7.67 ± 4.08	37
Komi	∼ 350 000	46	0.72 ± 0.39	7.79 ± 3.12	45	0.71 ± 0.40	8.67 ± 3.78	46
Mordvin	∼ 1.2 million	48/49	0.71 ± 0.38	7.71 ± 3.12	47	0.70 ± 0.39	8.50 ± 3.78	49
Russians	200 million	66	0.64 ± 0.35	8.29 ± 3.29	66	0.70 ± 0.39	8.67 ± 4.27	64
Estonians*	∼ 900 000	45/43	0.65 ± 0.36	7.00 ± 2.86	45	0.72 ± 0.41	7.83 ± 3.43	43
Finns*	∼ 5 million	80/79	0.69 ± 0.37	8.50 ± 3.11	77	0.67 ± 0.37	9.00 ± 3.79	77
Swedes*	9 million	41	0.67 ± 0.37	7.36 ± 2.41	41	0.72 ± 0.40	7.67 ± 2.80	41
Germans	80 million	41	0.66 ± 0.36	7.07 ± 3.10	41	0.72 ± 0.40	8.33 ± 3.98	41
Dutch	15 million	70/69	0.69 ± 0.37	8.07 ± 2.64	68	0.70 ± 0.40	8.83 ± 3.60	67
Italians	45 million	92/93	0.69 ± 0.37	8.71 ± 3.71	91	0.75 ± 0.41	10.33 ± 4.93	93

^*Data for Xq13 from Laan and Pääbo (1997), Kaessman et al. (2002)

^**Data from Varilo et al. (2000)

^ΛBertelsmann Lexikon “Die Völker der Erde” (1996); Laakso J “Uralic populations” (1991)