Table 1.

Distance matrices (Nei's D_A and Reynold's F_st ) calculated for nine north Indian populations with the Europeans and Asians based on the allele frequency data of 20 STR loci.

Nei's DA genetic distance
	Asia	Europe
North Indians	0.1694	0.0341
Upper caste	0.1784	0.0332
Middle caste	0.1664	0.0482
Muslims	0.1893	0.0348
South Indians (60 STR loci)	0.0390	0.0450
Fst Distance
North Indians	0.0718	0.0119
Upper caste	0.0746	0.0116
Middle caste	0.0710	0.0167
Muslims	0.0784	0.0122