. 2008 Dec 12;9:86. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-9-86

Table 7.

AMOVA for Y-chromosome, 45 autosomal STRs, and mtDNA

	Tamil Castes	Andhra Castes	South Indians
	(4 castes)	(3 castes)	(2 states, 7 castes)
Y-chromosome
Among states	-	-	-1.88^a
Among castes	4.45	5.52	5.06
Within castes	95.55	94.48	96.82

Autosomal STRs
Among states	-	-	0.12^{a, b}
Among castes	0.96	0.77	0.85
Within castes	99.04	99.23	99.02

mtDNA
Among states	-	-	-0.47^a
Among castes	4.50	0.17^a	2.41
Within castes	95.50	99.83	98.06

(Values are shown as percentages. All values differ significantly from a null distribution (p < 0.05) unless indicated by [^a]. ^bThis value increases to 0.28 without the NTS Upper caste but remains non-significant. Tamil castes: Upper, NTS Upper, Middle, Lower; Andhra castes: Upper, Middle, Lower)