Table 1.
FST distances between African populations
| Igbo | Brong | Yoruba | Kongo | Bamoun | Xhosa | Fang | Hausa | Kaba | Mada | Bulala | |
| Brong | 0.350% | — | |||||||||
| Yoruba | 0.084% | 0.200% | — | ||||||||
| Kongo | 0.282% | 0.425% | 0.291% | — | |||||||
| Bamoun | 0.293% | 0.448% | 0.318% | 0.175% | — | ||||||
| Xhosa | 1.448% | 1.636% | 1.251% | 1.106% | 1.277% | — | |||||
| Fang | 0.415% | 0.594% | 0.432% | 0.150% | 0.247% | 1.165% | — | ||||
| Hausa | 0.397% | 0.560% | 0.420% | 0.588% | 0.546% | 1.796% | 0.691% | — | |||
| Kaba | 0.516% | 0.510% | 0.471% | 0.501% | 0.484% | 1.498% | 0.567% | 0.619% | — | ||
| Mada | 1.296% | 1.336% | 1.300% | 1.282% | 1.276% | 2.319% | 1.380% | 1.299% | 0.968% | — | |
| Bulala | 1.862% | 1.905% | 1.879% | 1.736% | 1.806% | 2.646% | 1.929% | 1.773% | 1.280% | 0.931% | — |
| Fulani | 3.905% | 3.684% | 4.034% | 3.770% | 3.996% | 4.133% | 4.063% | 3.761% | 3.811% | 3.967% | 3.920% |
Bold face font is used to emphasize the genetic similarity of the Igbo, Brong and Yoruba.