Table 4.
Population pairwise distances
| S-West Asia | N-East Africa | Southern Africa | East Africa | North Africa | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S-West Asia | — | 0.295 | 0.305 | na | na |
| N-East Africa | 0.930/0.947 | — | 0.170 | na | na |
| Southern Africa | 0.818/0.689 | 0.772/0.806 | — | na | na |
| East Africa | 0.951/0.951 | 0.901/0.939 | 0.724/0.613 | — | na |
| North Africa | 0.958/na | 0.930/na | 0.796/na | 0.972/na | — |
Population pairwise distances based on the concatenated mitochondrial sequence (below the diagonal: FST; 139 bp; n = 94/915 bp; n = 78) and 18 polymorphic microsatellite loci (above the diagonal: FST; n = 60). All FSTP-values are significant (P < 0.0001). na, not applicable. Populations were defined according BAPS and FCA clustering.