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. 2005 Jan 24;102(5):1312–1317. doi: 10.1073/pnas.0409301102

Table 1. Population sample size, estimated nucleotide diversity, sampling location, and language classification.

Population N Inline graphic Family Primary branch Group Subgroup Branch Subbranch Ref(s). and accession nos.
Aleut 164 0.0117 44
Inupiaq 15 0.0075 Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo Inuit 45; AF082222–AF082231
Canadian Inuit 46 0.0036 Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo Inuit AF186706–AF186751
Greenland Inuit 82 0.0049 Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo Inuit 46
Central Yupik 25 0.0033 Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo Yupik Alaskan AF011645–AF011669
Siberian Yupik 52 0.0081 Eskimo-Aleut Eskimo Yupik Siberian AF013684–AF013633
Haida 41 0.0062 Na-Dene Haida 17
A. Athabascan 40 0.0059 Na-Dene Continental EA Athabaskan 45; AF184627–AF184647
Navajo 164 0.0166 Na-Dene Continental EA Athabaskan Apachean Navajo-Apache 47; AF011670–AF011684
Apache 183 0.0146 Na-Dene Continental EA Athabaskan Apachean Navajo-Apache 47
Pima 40 0.0202 Amerind Central UA Pimic 48
Cheyenne 39 0.0204 Amerind Northern AK Almosan Algic Algonquin 48
Chippewa 19 0.0109 Amerind Northern AK Almosan Algic Algonquin 49
Bella Coola 41 0.0142 Amerind Northern AK Almosan Mosan Salish 17
Nuu-Chah-Nulth 59 0.0143 Amerind Northern AK Almosan Mosan Wakashan 17, 50
Sioux 16 0.0203 Amerind Northern AK Keresiouan Siouan Yuchi Siouan 49
Cherokee 30 0.0147 Amerind Northern AK Keresiouan Iroquoian Southern 49

EA, Eyak-Athabascan; UA, Uto-Aztecan; AK, Almosan-Keresiouan.