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. 2011 Jul 6;108(2):124–133. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2011.55

Table 3. Telomere biology genes average diversity of the major continental regions from the HapMap 2 project and HGDP-CEPH panel.

Region N 2N Average hd Het telomere gene set Het immune gene set Pa
Africa 185 370 84.37 0.299 0.286 0.059
Middle East 161 322 76.91 0.297 0.324 0.00005
Europe 156 312 75.04 0.309 0.330 0.0017
C/S Asia 198 396 73.04 0.300 0.324 0.0003
USAb 90 180 70.55 — — —
East Asia 316 632 72.19 0.295 0.303 0.284
Oceania 21 42 63.35 0.313 0.301 0.203
Americac 41 82 65.51 0.287 0.264 0.0057

Abbreviations: hd, haplotype diversity (%); het, heterozygosity in each region using HGDP-CEPH data; HGDP, Human Genome Diversity Panel; N, number of individuals; 2N, number of chromosomes.

a

for differences between the heterozygosity of the telomere and immune gene sets

b

Includes individuals from Utah.

c

Includes populations in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.