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. 2012 Dec 10;7(12):e50794. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0050794

Table 1. Diversity indices computed for different Italian regions based on HVS-I data (sequence segment 16090–16365).

Population Region Pop ID Reference N k k/n S h Π M
Liguri NW 1 p.s. 50 40 0.8 53 0.962±0.021 0.01426±0.0145 4.875
Torino NW 5 [84] 50 45 0.9 49 0.993±0.007 0.01483±0.0011 5.056
Ladin NE 2, 13 p.s. [22], [62], [63], [66] 504 170 0.3 106 0.960±0.005 0.01251±0.0004 4.252
Pavia NE 6 [84] 47 35 0.7 44 0.969±0.017 0.01316±0.0012 4.502
Udine NE 3 p.s. 51 32 0.6 38 0.903±0.038 0.01231±0.0135 4.19858
Arezzo/Chiusi CW 1 [9] 14 14 1 22 1.000±0.027 0.01488±0.0129 5.088
Casentino CW 15 [8] 122 77 0.6 167 0.979±0.007 0.02409±0.0082 8.190
Collevecchio/Magliano Sabino CW 3 [9] 12 11 0.9 14 0.985±0.040 0.01201±0.0015 4.106
Elba CW 2 [9] 16 6 0.4 11 0.683±0.120 0.00853±0.0017 2.908
Firenze CW 9 [84] 48 40 0.8 54 0.980±0.014 0.01332±0.0012 4.556
Jenne CW 22 [85] 103 34 0.3 47 0.834±0.036 0.01006±0.0360 3.440
Latini CW 5 p.s. 48 29 0.6 35 0.902±0.039 0.01003±0.0010 3.429
Latium CW 20 [86] 52 37 0.7 48 0.959±0.019 0.01313±0.0014 4.492
Murlo CW 16 [8] 86 60 0.7 68 0.976±0.010 0.01327±0.0009 4.524
Roma CW 12 [84] 58 49 0.8 55 0.987±0.008 0.01433±0.0011 4.901
Terni CW 11 [84] 29 20 0.7 33 0.941±0.034 0.01201±0.0014 4.108
Tuscany CW 4 [9], [10], [87] 127 86 0.7 77 0.982±0.007 0.01305±0.0075 4.464
Vallepietra CW 21 [85] 21 8 0.4 17 0.871±0.044 0.01281±0.0014 4.381
Volterra CW 14 [8] 114 57 0.5 62 0.955±0.013 0.01193±0.0007 4.057
Abruzzo CE 17 [86], [88] 61 53 0.8 62 0.990±0.007 0.01500±0.0010 5.131
Ancona CE 10 [84] 73 55 0.7 59 0.963±0.017 0.01379±0.0010 4.717
Bologna CE 7 [84], [89] 146 79 0.5 64 0.970±0.008 0.01250±0.0006 4.278
Center East CE 23 [90] 83 62 0.7 60 0.974±0.012 0.01352±0.0009 4.625
Croatian Italians CE 19 [86] 41 28 0.7 46 0.970±0.015 0.01524±0.0017 5.213
Modena CE 8 [84] 44 33 0.7 43 0.958±0.023 0.01139±0.0012 3.895
Molise CE 18 [86] 62 41 0.6 58 0.938±0.025 0.01260±0.0013 4.309
Piceni CE 4 p.s. 53 43 0.8 56 0.985±0.009 0.01306±0.0011 4.414
Belvedere SW 10 p.s. 50 41 0.8 44 0.980±0.013 0.01320±0.0010 4.532
Calabria SW 27 [91], [92] 389 213 0.5 128 0.983±0.003 0.01521±0.0004 5.203
Campania SW 30 [86] 48 41 0.8 59 0.980±0.014 0.01519±0.0014 5.166
Catania SW 11 p.s. 40 35 0.9 45 0.990±0.010 0.01460±0.0012 4.979
Sicily SW 28 [38], [93][96] 558 240 0.4 125 0.958±0.006 0.01289±0.0004 4.343
Trapani SW 12 p.s. 40 30 0.7 36 0.977±0.013 0.01313±0.0013 4.465
Apulia SE 26 [86] 26 24 0.9 43 0.991±0.015 0.01550±0.0022 5.304
Basilicata SE 25 [91] 92 65 0.7 70 0.983±0.007 0.01290±0.0008 4.428
Grecani Salentini SE 8 p.s. 47 37 0.8 44 0.989±0.007 0.01310±0.0011 4.480
Lucera SE 6 p.s. 60 42 0.7 55 0.976±0.011 0.01345±0.0011 4.586
South Apulia SE 9 p.s. 53 38 0.7 49 0.973±0.014 0.01579±0.0010 5.401
Sanniti SE 7 p.s. 50 41 0.8 49 0.988±0.008 0.01420±0.0013 4.843
Sardinia 29 [38], [87], [97] 351 171 0.4 98 0.950±0.009 0.01183±0.0004 4.033
Geographical region
North Italy 702 267 0.4 126 0.963±0.004 0.01282±0.0004 4.295
Central Italy 1413 500 0.4 216 0.958±0.004 0.01243±0.0002 4.113
South Italy 1453 569 0.4 183 0.973±0.002 0.01368±0.0002 4.541
West Italy (without Sicily) 1437 578 0.4 232 0.969±0.003 0.01315±0.0002 4.405
West Italy (with Sicily) 2075 709 0.3 236 0.963±0.003 0.01260±0.0002 4.133
East Italy 1493 520 0.3 165 0.964±0.003 0.01277±0.0002 4.200

NW = North-West; NE = North-East; CW = Center-West; CE = Center-East; SW = South-West; SE = South-East; N = sample size; k = number of different haplotypes; S = segregating sites; h = haplotype diversity; π = nucleotide diversity; M = average number of nucleotide differences.