Table 2. mtDNA Analyses of Molecular Variance (AMOVA) in the Algerian samples.
| Groups | Among groups | Among populations within groups | Within populations | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| mtDNA haplotype | mtDNA haplogroup | mtDNA haplotype | mtDNA haplogroup | mtDNA haplotype | mtDNA haplogroup | |
| All populations | 3.23 *** | 2.09 *** | 96.77 *** | 97.91 *** | ||
| North vs South | -0.15 ns | -0.10 ns | 3.32 *** | 2.15 *** | 96.82 *** | 97.95 *** |
| Arabs vs Berbers | 0.19 ns | 0.92 ns | 3.14 *** | 1.65 *** | 96.67 *** | 97.43 *** |
| Arabs# vs Berbers vs Reguibate | -0.27 ns | 0.16 ns | 3.43 *** | 1.98 *** | 96.84 *** | 97.87 *** |
*** P<0.0001; ns: not significant
North = Algiers, Oran (both)
South = Mozabite, Reguibate, Zenata
Arabs = Reguibate, Algiers, Oran1, Oran2
Berbers = Zenata, Mozabite
# Arabs without the Reguibate