Y-Chromosomal Variation in Six Groups Based on Continent of Origin
| Continental grouping | No. of chromosomes | Heterozygosity (s.e.) | r j |
| A [i] | |||
| Africa | 230 | 0.650 (0.06) | 1.56 |
| Asia | 102 | 0.577 (0.04) | 0.83 |
| Pakistan | 60 | 0.647 (0.04) | 1.12 |
| Europe | 50 | 0.508 (0.04) | 0.78 |
| Oceania | 24 | 0.632 (0.04) | 1.07 |
| America | 40 | 0.524 (0.05) | 0.64 |
| Bb | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 177 | 0.622 (0.07) | 1.23 |
| Asia + America + Oceania | 166 | 0.629 (0.04) | 0.77 |
| Europe + Pakistan + Ethiopia | 163 | 0.666 (0.04) | 1.00 |
| b S= 1.39; maximum ratio (Rj ) in 100,000 replicates, 1.24 (P < 10−5). | |||
| (*) Also includes Sudanese Beja and Tuareg from Mali (both speak Afroasiatic | |||
| languages). | |||
| C [ii] | |||
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 177 | 0.622 (0.07) | 1.12 |
| Rest of world | 329 | 0.673 (0.04) | 0.88 |
[i] S = 1.76; maximum ratio (Rj ) in 100,000 replicates, 1.50 (P < 10−5).
[ii] S = 1.28; maximum ratio (Rj ) in 100,000 replicates, 1.24 (P < 10−5).