AluInsertion Polymorphisms and Human Evolution: Evidence for a Larger Population Size in Africa

Table 1.

Population Statistics for 8 Alu Insertion Polymorpisms in 34 Populations

a. Loci
Locus No. of individuals Heterozygosity (±s.e.) Gst
TPA25 1525 0.485 ± 0.003 0.079
PV92 1432 0.490 ± 0.003 0.212
APO 1501 0.267 ± 0.009 0.066
ACE 1528 0.493 ± 0.002 0.092
FXIIIB 1396 0.494 ± 0.002 0.282
D1 1434 0.405 ± 0.007 0.075
A25 1593 0.275 ± 0.009 0.061
B65 1593 0.497 ± 0.001 0.089
Average 1500 0.426 ± 0.035 0.128
b. Geographic regions
Region No. of populations No. of individuals Heterozygosity (±s.e.) Gst
Africa 6 176 0.402 ± 0.030 0.088
Europe 7 334 0.396 ± 0.052 0.011
Western Asia 7 262 0.414 ± 0.041 0.036
Southeast Asia 7 359 0.377 ± 0.042 0.058
Sahul 3 185 0.308 ± 0.039 0.001
Americas 4 184 0.381 ± 0.049 0.026
World 34 1500 0.426 ± 0.035 0.128

  • ↵Mean of the population heterozygosites.

  • ↵As indicated by color in Fig. 1.

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  1. Genome Res. 7: 1061-1071

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