Table 3.
MC1R nucleotide diversity, Tajima's D, and Fu's FS statistic for seven populations Statistically significant values are bolded.
| π × 10-4 | θ × 10-4 | |||||||||
| # SNPs | # NS SNPs | All SNPs | NS only | All SNPs | NS only | Tajima's D statistic | Tajima's D p-value | Fu's FS | Fu's FS p-value | |
| Africa | 11 | 3 | 7.6 | 0.6 | 19.2 | 5.2 | -1.41 | 0.048 | -0.24 | 0.436 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 3.6 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 4.0 | -0.72 | 0.27 | -1.27 | 0.202 |
| SoEur | 36 | 29 | 6.7 | 6.0 | 47.3 | 38.1 | -2.13 | <0.001 | -27.92 | <0.001 |
| Greece | 12 | 10 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 20.0 | 16.7 | -1.71 | 0.008 | -3.81 | 0.071 |
| Italy | 31 | 26 | 7.1 | 6.8 | 43.6 | 36.6 | -2.10 | <0.001 | -6.46 | 0.055 |
| Spain | 17 | 15 | 6.7 | 5.4 | 27.5 | 24.2 | -1.85 | 0.003 | -8.44 | 0.009 |
| NoEur | 21 | 18 | 9.6 | 8.1 | 28.5 | 24.4 | -1.53 | 0.026 | -23.66 | <0.001 |
| Britain | 10 | 10 | 18.1 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 18.1 | -0.94 | 0.181 | -2.07 | 0.207 |
| France | 12 | 10 | 9.4 | 7.4 | 19.7 | 16.4 | -1.20 | 0.099 | -2.92 | 0.131 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 14 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 23.3 | 20.4 | -1.36 | 0.047 | -4.74 | 0.095 |
| US | 14 | 10 | 11.1 | 9.0 | 21.5 | 15.4 | -1.10 | 0.126 | -2.41 | 0.212 |
| Asia | 6 | 5 | 9.4 | 7.0 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 1.05 | 0.855 | 2.15 | 0.839 |
| PNG | 4 | 2 | 7.2 | 1.8 | 8.5 | 4.2 | -0.33 | 0.433 | -0.78 | 0.301 |
Abbreviations: SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms; NS, nonsynonymous; SoEur, Southern Europe; NoEur, Northern Europe; PNG, Papua New Guinea; US, United States