Y Chromosome STR Haplotypes and the Genetic Structure of U.S. Populations of African, European, and Hispanic Ancestry

Table 1.

Sample Sizes, Number of Haplotypes, Haplotype Diversity, and Mean Number of Pairwise Step Differences (MPSD) for 30 U.S. Groups, Based on Y-STR Haplotypes

Population/Group Code Sample size Number of haplotypes Haplotype diversity (±SE) MPSD (±SE)
African–American
Florida AFL 48 48 1.000 ± 0.004 11.08 ± 5.71
Indiana AIA 37 36 0.998 ± 0.007 11.99 ± 6.32
Louisiana ALA 29 27 0.995 ± 0.011 11.03 ± 6.18
Maryland AMD 73 72 0.999 ± 0.002 10.36 ± 5.32
Missouri AMO 56 52 0.997 ± 0.004 10.61 ± 6.13
New York ANY 150 137 0.999 ± 0.001 11.05 ± 5.90
Oregon AOR 47 46 0.999 ± 0.005 11.17 ± 5.84
Pennsylvania APA 43 39 0.994 ± 0.007 10.59 ± 5.95
Texas ATX 69 67 0.999 ± 0.003 10.51 ± 5.83
Virginia AVA 47 46 0.999 ± 0.005 9.56 ± 5.93
TOTAL 599 454 0.998 ± 0.003 10.76 ± 5.87
European–American
Acadian ECJ 22 21 0.996 ± 0.015 7.46 ± 5.04
Florida EFL 22 20 0.987 ± 0.020 9.41 ± 4.56
Indiana EIA 34 31 0.995 ± 0.009 9.44 ± 5.73
Louisiana ELA 31 29 0.996 ± 0.010 7.99 ± 4.00
Maryland EMO 64 53 0.989 ± 0.007 8.22 ± 4.66
Missouri EMO 59 55 0.997 ± 0.004 9.06 ± 4.73
New York ENY 155 136 0.998 ± 0.001 9.42 ± 3.89
Oregon EOR 35 33 0.997 ± 0.008 8.14 ± 3.86
Pennsylvania EPA 67 63 0.998 ± 0.003 8.9 ± 3.68
Texas ETX 78 63 0.989 ± 0.005 6.76 ± 4.29
Virginia EVA 61 54 0.996 ± 0.004 7.56 ± 4.30
TOTAL 628 437 0.996 ± 0.001 8.61 ± 4.38
Hispanic
Connecticut HCT 53 46 0.993 ± 0.006 9.79 ± 5.04
Florida HFL 23 21 0.992 ± 0.015 8.73 ± 4.49
Louisiana HLA 30 29 0.998 ± 0.009 10.45 ± 4.67
Maryland HMD 26 26 1.000 ± 0.011 10.89 ± 5.45
New York HNY 152 119 0.994 ± 0.002 10.82 ± 5.04
Oregon HOR 42 38 0.994 ± 0.007 10.41 ± 4.23
Pennsylvania HPA 32 28 0.986 ± 0.014 8.97 ± 4.24
Texas HTX 74 69 0.998 ± 0.003 10.63 ± 3.97
Virginia HVA 46 41 0.995 ± 0.006 10.68 ± 4.52
TOTAL 478 353 0.995 ± 0.001 10.54 ± 4.70

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