Table 2.

Average FST as a Function of SNP Category

Category No. Average FST SE Significance of difference in average FST [i]
Coding Intronic
Coding2380.1070.008
Intronic5,4550.1180.0020.094
Noncoding13,6150.1230.0010.0240.008

[i] Empirical P values were determined by randomly permuting FST values between SNP categories 10,000 times and then counting the number of permutations with difference in average FST equal to or greater than the original difference.