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. 2002 Mar 21;70(5):1197–1214. doi: 10.1086/340257

Table 2.

Y-Chromosome Haplotype Frequencies (%) in 22 African Populations

Haplotype Frequencyb(%)
I
II
III
VI
VIII
IX
Population (Na) 2 4 6 7 8 11 12b 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 19b 22 23 24 26 27 28 30 33 35 37 40 41 41b 42 43 54 60 62 67 109 117 117b
Arabs (49) 43 33 2 10 10 2
Berbers (64) 3 5 11 69 2 5 6
Ethiopian Jews (22) 41 18 14 9 9 5 5
Mossi (49) 2 22 67 2 2 4
Rimaibe (37) 8 51 5 3 27 5
Fulbe (Burkina Faso) (20) 90 10
Fali (39) 18 33 26 23
Tali (15) 20 7 47 20 7
Mixed Adamawa (18) 6 6 6 11 17 56
Fulbe (Cameroon) (17) 12 6 53 18 12
Ouldeme (21) 5 95
Daba (18) 28 6 22 44
Mixed Chadic (15) 7 7 7 7 7 67
Mixed Nilo-Saharan (9) 22 22 22 11 11 11
Bamileke (48) 4 56 25 15
Ewondo (29) 10 21 66 3
Bakaka (12) 25 67 8
Biaka Pygmies (20) 5 5 20 5 40 25
Lissongo (4) 25 25 25 25
Mbuti Pygmies (12) 8 8 17 33 8 25
!Kung (64) 28 5 3 8 16 23 11 6
Khwe (26) 12 50 4 31 4
a

Number of Y chromosomes analyzed.

b

Haplotype numbers are according to the nomenclature of Underhill et al. (2001b), except for four haplotypes (12b, 19b, 41b, and 117b) that are reported here for the first time.