Table 1. Populations analyzed.
| Geographic region and population names | Abbreviation | n | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caucasus and Armenia | |||
| Armenia | |||
| Ararat Valley | ARV | 110 | Present study |
| Gardman | GRD | 96 | Present study |
| Lake Van | VAN | 103 | Present study |
| Sasun | SAS | 104 | Present study |
| Caucasus | |||
| Caucasusa | CAU | 1103 | Myres et al27 |
| Georgia | GEO | 66 | Battaglia et al39 |
| Near East | |||
| Levant | |||
| Lebanon | LEB | 950 | Zalloua et al49 |
| Syria | SYR | 356 | El-Sibai et al;50 Zalloua et al51 |
| Jordan | JOR | 273 | El-Sibai et al50 |
| Palestine | PAL | 302 | Zalloua et al51 |
| Iran | |||
| Iran | IRN | 410 | El-Sibai et al;50 Haber et al52 |
| Anatolia | |||
| West Turkeyb | TUW | 161 | Cinnioğlu et al53 |
| Central Turkeyc | TUC | 154 | Cinnioğlu et al53 |
| East Turkeyd | TUE | 208 | Cinnioğlu et al53 |
| Europe | |||
| Balkans | |||
| Greece | GRE | 185 | Myres et al;27 King et al40 |
| Crete | CRE | 193 | King et al40 |
| Macedonia | MAC | 149e; 57 | Spiroski et al;54e Battaglia et al39 |
| Romania | ROM | 330 | Myres et al27 |
| East Europe | |||
| Hungary | HUN | 113 | Myres et al27 |
| Poland | POL | 202 | Myres et al27 |
| Slovakia | SLO | 276 | Myres et al27 |
| Slovenia | SVE | 102 | Myres et al27 |
| Russia | RUS | 545 | Roewer et al55 |
| Czech Republic | CZE | 87 | Myres et al27 |
| West Europe | |||
| England | ENG | 102 | Myres et al27 |
| France | FRA | 460 | Myres et al27 |
| Germany | GER | 321 | Myres et al27 |
| Italy | ITA | 282 | Myres et al27 |
| Denmark | DEN | 110 | Myres et al27 |
a
Includes the following populations: Avars, Bagvalals, Andis, Lezgis, Darginians, Tabasarans, Kumyks, Megrels, Abkhazes, Balkars, Cherkessians, North Osetins and Kabardians.
b
Includes Turkey sections 1, 8 and 9.
c
Includes Turkey sections 2, 6 and 7.
d
Includes Turkey sections 3, 4 and 5.
e
Whitley's haplogroup predictor was used to determine Macedonian haplotypes belonging to R1b with >90% confidence.