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. 2012 Dec 3;12:234. doi: 10.1186/1471-2148-12-234

Table 3.

Mantel test to assess the correlation between genes and geography and/or language

  Gene vs. Geography
Gene vs. Language
Correlation coefficient p value Correlation coefficient p value
M1
0.272495
0.0023
0.124358
0.0399
M1a
0.248112
0.0224
0.13911
0.0257
M1b
−0.114947
0.6141
−0.182012
0.6118
U6
0.316123
0.0576
0.244242
0.0721
M1-U6
0.10396
0.1916
0.135123
0.1002
M1/M1a
Grouped: (Abazas, Abkhaz, Cherkess, Kabardinian, Chechen, Georgia)
(Ethiopia,Somalia) (Greece, Crete, Cyprus) (Jordan, Lebanon, Israel) (Kuwait, Iraq)
(Morocco, Mauritania) (Saudi-Arabia, Yemen) (Senegal, Burkina-Fasso) (Spain, Portugal)
(Tunisia, Libya, Algeria)
Excluded: Karachays, Kumyks, Nogays, Ossetians, Kenya, Iran.
M1b
Grouped: (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal) (Italy, Spain) (Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria)
(Tunisia, Libya) (Jordan, Iraq, Israel)
U6
Grouped: (France, England, Netherlands) (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Nigeria)
(Jordan, Israel, Lebanon,Kuwait) (Morocco, Mauritania, Canarian Islands)
(Saudi-Arabia, Oman) (Spain, Portugal)
Excluded: Armenia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Iran.
M1-U6
Grouped: (Abazas, Abkhaz, Cherkess, Kabardinian, Chechen, Georgia)
(Greece, Crete, Cyprus) (France, England, Netherlands) (Ethiopia,Somalia) (Spain, Portugal)
(Kuwait, Iraq) (Lebanon, Israel) (Morocco, Mauritania, Canarian Islands)
(Senegal, Burkina-Fasso, Nigeria) (Russia, Ukraine) (Saudi-Arabia, Yemen, Oman)
  Excluded: Karachays, Kumyks, Nogays, Ossetians, Kenya, Iran, Armenia.

The upper part of the table reports the numbers, and the lower shows the different grouping/exclusion due to sample size and/or incompatible language grouping.