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. 2002 Oct 11;71(5):1112–1128. doi: 10.1086/344345

Table 1.

Population Diversity Estimates

Sample na Sb πc Dd he
African: 160 22 .72 −.90 .85
 West African: 105 18 .71 −.46 .88
  Cameroonf 16 8 .55 −.23 .75
  Sierra Leoneg 44 14 .72 −.26 .79
  Nigeria 22 10 .69 .11 .79
  Bakola Pygmies 23 11 .71 −.08 .88
 East African: 32 15 .71 −.73 .92
  Hadza 11 9 .70 −.28 .83
  Maasai 10 11 .70 −.17 .79
  Sandawe 11 12 .76 −1.04 .94
 South African Bantu-speakers 23 11 .76 .16 .78
Non-African: 56 8 .35 −.46 .45
  Tunisia 9 8 .65 −.42 .54
  Cyprus 9 3 .34 1.02 .69
  Lebanon 12 3 .30 .78 .44
  South American Andean 12 3 .35 1.47 .49
  Papua New Guinea 14 2 .07 −1.46 .14
Global 216 23 .73 −.95 .82
a

Number of chromosomes.

b

Number of silent-site SNPs.

c

Average pairwise sequence differences per site (× 10−3).

d

Tajima's D statistic (all tests nonsignificant).

e

Haplotype diversity for B alleles only (see the “Results” section).

f

Includes the Mandara, Podoko, Uldeme, Bakaka, and Bassa groups.

g

Includes the Mende, Temne, Creole, Fula, Limba, Loko, and Madingo groups.