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. 2014 Mar 25;14:77. doi: 10.1186/1471-2229-14-77

Table 3.

Genetic distance between groups

Regions A Region B Fst-value Significant
Asia
Central America
0.312
***
South America
Central America
0.119
**
Africa
Central America
0.103
**
Asia
Africa
0.092
*
Africa
South America
0.046
(ngd)
Asia South America 0.023 (ngd)

***Fst > 0.15 indicates large genetic differentiation.

**Fst between 0.10 and 0.15 indicates moderate genetic differentiation.

*Fst between 0.05 and 0.10 little genetic differentiation.

(ngd) Fst < 0.05 indicates negligible genetic differentiation.

Fixation index (Fst) between the geographical regions of Central and South America, Asia and Africa.