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. 2002 Oct 11;71(5):1112–1128. doi: 10.1086/344345

Table 3.

Summary Statistics of Population Structure

Sample Contrasta FST Snnb P
All (13) .159 .190 .0001
Among Africans (8) .021 .228 .0001
Among African regions (3) .000 .472 .1710
Among all regions (4): .128 .508 .0001
 West vs. East Africans .000 .626 .1320
 West vs. South Africans .000 .685 .3180
 West vs. non-Africans .151 .793 .0001
 East vs. South Africans .000 .461 .8040
 East vs. non-Africans .131 .757 .0001
 South vs. non-Africans .160 .804 .0001
Among East Africans (3) .022 .418 .0840
Among West Africans (4) .030 .415 .0001
Among non-Africans (5) .107 .212 .1930
Africans vs. non-Africans (2) .127 .805 .0001
a

Number of population samples in contrast is given in parentheses. “African regions” denotes the West, East, and South African groups; “all regions” denotes the three African groups and the non-African sample. Only B alleles were included (see the “Results” section).

b

Hudson's (2000) Snn statistic. Significance was assessed by permutation tests (P<.001 [in boldface italics]; see the “Subjects and Methods” section).