Ethnic India: A Genomic View, With Special Reference to Peopling and Structure

Table 5.

Estimates of Fst and AMOVA Results Based on Mitochondrial, Y-Chromosomal, and Autosomal Polymorphisms for Different Groupings of the Populations Studied








% variation attributable toa
Fst
Between groups
Between populations within groups
mt
Y
mt
Y
mt
Y
Grouping
RSP
HVS1
RSP
STRP
Auto
RSP
HVS1
RSP
STRP
Auto
RSP
HVS1
RSP
STRP
Auto
2 groups: caste and tribe 0.112 0.102 0.233 0.211 0.053 2.38 0.62 7.87 0.42 0.99 8.81 9.56 14.97 10.04 4.25
6 groups: geographical regions 0.108 0.099 0.241 0.229 0.052 4.32 1.01 11.29 3.16 1.88 6.51 8.99 12.49 8.1 3.32
4 groups: linguistic groups 0.109 0.101 0.243 0.232 0.055 2.64 1.29 8.51 1.86 1.89 8.29 8.90 15.30 8.97 3.46
3 groups: ranked castes—upper, middle and lower 0.056 0.033 0.144 0.119 0.020 0.37 ≈0 5.39 ≈0 0.11 5.23 3.83 8.38 4.67 1.78
Upper castes of different geographical regions 0.101 0.045 0.089 0.249 0.008 11.10 1.71 4.02 3.67 0.98 ≈0 2.78 4.83 1.24 ≈0
Middle castes of different geographical regions 0.053 0.047 0.050 0.115 0.022 2.46 0.66 ≈0 0.65 ≈0 2.88 4.05 10.51 3.88 2.29
Lower castes of four different geographical regions 0.010 0.016 0.192 0.121 0.023 0.84 ≈0 ≈0 ≈0 ≈0 0.16 1.83 32.24 9.17 4.77
4 groups: tribes of four different geographical regions (Northeast, East, South, and Central) 0.138 0.158 0.239 0.272 0.069 1.88 1.90 5.25 1.37 2.12 11.94 13.90 18.70 10.03 4.47
4 groups: tribes of four different linguistic groups
0.136
0.157
0.243
0.275
0.069
0.40
0.06
6.86
0.82
1.80
13.15
15.39
17.54
10.52
4.84
  • a The percentages of variation attributable to “between individuals within groups” are not shown. These are obtainable by subtracting from 100 the sum of the percentages of total variation attributable to the other two sources of variation that are shown.

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