Table 2. Analysis of molecular variance.

		% Variation attributable to
		Among groups		Among populations within groups		Within groups
Grouping	Fst	% Variation	P-value	% Variation	P-value	% Variation	P-value
Geographical (8 groups)	0.16676	8.81	<0.00001	7.87	<0.00001	83.32	<0.00001
Linguistic (5 groups)	0.15835	6.51	<0.00001	10.10	<0.00001	83.39	<0.00001
Geographical (4 groups)	0.16676	6.62	<0.00001	7.11	<0.00001	86.28	<0.00001
Linguistic (2 groups)	0.15117	6.92	<0.00001	8.19	<0.00001	84.99	<0.00001

Geographical partitioning (8 groups): 1, Caucasus (Kabardinians, Lezgi, Ossetians Ardon, Ossetians Digora, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia); 2, Levant and Anatolia (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq, Turkey); 3, Middle East (North Iran, South Iran, North Pakistan, South Pakistan); 4, Central Asia (Uzbekistan, Kazhakstan, Turkmenistan); 5, northeastern Europe (Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Finland, Estonia, Kursk, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Poland, Belgorod, Livni, Roslavl, Ostrov, Unzha, Vologda, Krashoborsk, Pinega, Mezeh); 6, southeastern Europe (Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania); 7, Uralic (Komi Priluzski, Komi Izhemski, Mari); 8, Siberia (Khanty, Khakassians, Evenks, Tuva).

Geographical partitioning (4 groups): 1, Slavic Russians (Kursk, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Belgorod, Livni, Roslavl, Ostrov, Unzha, Vologda, Krashoborsk, Pinega, Mezeh); 2, Europe (Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Finland, Estonia); 3, Uralic (Komi Priluzski, Komi Izhemski, Mari); 4, Siberia (Khanty).

Linguistic partitioning (5 groups): 1, Caucasian (Kabardinians, Lezgi, Georgia); 2, Indo-European (Ossetians Ardon, Ossetians Digora, Armenians, North Iran, South Iran, North Pakistan, South Pakistan, Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Kursk, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Belgorod, Livni, Roslavl, Ostrov, Unzha, Vologda, Krashoborsk, Pinega, Mezeh); 3, Afro-Asiatic (Lebanon, Syria, Iraq); 4, Altaic-Turkic (Turkey, Azerbaijan, Uzbekistan, Kazhakstan, Turkmenistan, Khakassians, Evenks, Tuva); 5, Uralic (Finland, Estonia, Mari, Komi Priluzski, Komi Izhemski, Khanty).

Linguistic partitioning (2 groups): 1, Balto-Slavic (Lithuania, Latvia, Belarus, Kursk, Tver, Arkhangelsk, Poland, Slovakia, Ukraine, Romania, Belgorod, Livni, Roslavl, Ostrov, Unzha, Vologda, Krashoborsk, Pinega, Mezeh); 2, Uralic (Finland, Estonia, Mari, Komi Priluzski, Komi Izhemski, Khanty).