Table 2. Values of Ne calculated using a maximum likelihood estimate (MLE) of theta value generated by LAMARC version 2.1.8 for all continental populations and selected African groups.

Region	Population Name	MLE θ MT-CO2	Ne			MLE θ STRs	Ne
			µa = 9.2×10−7	µb = 3×10−6	µc = 3.15×10−7		µd = 1.5×10−4	µe = 1.52×10−3	µf = 1×10−2
All Eritrean populations		0.012314	6,692	2,052	19,546	na	na	na	na
Sudan	Nilotic	0.012	6,522	2,000	19,048	475	792,281	78,186	11,884
Sudan	Beja	0.01185	6,440	1,975	18,810	883	1,472,296	145,292	22,084
All Sudan populations		0.026561	14,435	4,427	42,160	621	1,034,192	102,058	15,513
Africa	East Africa	0.037168	20,200	6,195	58,997	1,069	1,782,277	175,883	26,734
Africa	Southern Africa	0.006219	3,380	1,037	9,871	688	1,146,588	113,150	17,199
Africa	North Africa	0.00148	804	247	2,349	na	na	na	na
Africa	The rest of Africa	0.009299	5,054	1,550	14,760	750	1,249,727	123,328	18,746
Americas	Americas	0.001704	926	284	2,705	529	881,557	86,996	13,223
Asia	Asia	0.001825	992	304	2,897	871	1,451,471	143,237	21,772
Australia	Australia	0.003517	1,911	586	5,583	239	397,981	39,274	5,970
Europe	Europe	0.003853	2,094	642	6,116	607	1,011,304	99,800	15,170
Africa	whole Africa	0.03855	20,951	6,425	61,190	1059.523	1,765,872	174,264	26,488
	whole world	0.03764	20,457	6,273	59,746	834.3477	1,390,580	137,228	20,859

^aMutation rate calculated from observed variations in MT-CO2 this work, ^bJazin et al., 1998 [17], ^cMishmar et al., 2003 [14], ^dZhivotosksy et al., 2000 [56], ^eErikson and Monica 2011 [19], ^ffor comparison.

Theta values are based on analysis of mtDNA sequences and microsatellite alleles.