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. 2014 Aug 13;4:6055. doi: 10.1038/srep06055

Table 3. Heterozygosity and effective population size (Ne) estimates based on whole genome sequence data.

Sample Heterozygosity for Polymorphic Sites Heterozygosity for All Sites Ne based on θWa Ne based on θHeta
ASW 0.150 0.000952 30,859 21,649
CEU 0.190 0.000717 17,084 16,312
CHB 0.190 0.000672 15,577 15,280
CHS 0.190 0.000671 15,462 15,254
CLM 0.167 0.000769 22,443 17,486
FIN 0.195 0.000719 16,404 16,364
GBR 0.188 0.000721 17,179 16,394
IBS 0.264 0.000706 19,125 16,052
JPT 0.198 0.000673 15,289 15,311
LWK 0.142 0.000966 30,090 21,982
MXL 0.172 0.000736 20,451 16,750
PUR 0.167 0.000784 23,278 17,830
TSI 0.179 0.000723 17,795 16,446
YRI 0.154 0.000954 27,834 21,708

aθW refers to Watterson's estimator of the population-scaled mutation rate θ, which is frequency-independent. θHet refers to the estimator based on heterozygosity, which is frequency-dependent.