Table 3

MC1R nucleotide diversity, Tajima's D, and Fu's FS statistic for seven populations Statistically significant values are bolded.




π × 10-4
 θ × 10-4




# SNPs
 # NS SNPs
 All SNPs
 NS only
 All SNPs
 NS only
 Tajima's D statistic
 Tajima's D p-value
 Fu's FS
 Fu's FS p-value
Africa
 11
 3
 7.6
 0.6
 19.2
 5.2
 -1.41
 0.048
 -0.24
 0.436
India
 3
 2
 3.6
 1.2
 6.0
 4.0
 -0.72
 0.27
 -1.27
 0.202
SoEur
 36
 29
 6.7
 6.0
 47.3
 38.1
 -2.13
 <0.001
 -27.92
 <0.001
Greece
 12
 10
 5.3
 4.2
 20.0
 16.7
 -1.71
 0.008
 -3.81
 0.071
Italy
 31
 26
 7.1
 6.8
 43.6
 36.6
 -2.10
 <0.001
 -6.46
 0.055
Spain
 17
 15
 6.7
 5.4
 27.5
 24.2
 -1.85
 0.003
 -8.44
 0.009
NoEur
 21
 18
 9.6
 8.1
 28.5
 24.4
 -1.53
 0.026
 -23.66
 <0.001
Britain
 10
 10
 18.1
 10.9
 10.9
 18.1
 -0.94
 0.181
 -2.07
 0.207
France
 12
 10
 9.4
 7.4
 19.7
 16.4
 -1.20
 0.099
 -2.92
 0.131
Netherlands
 16
 14
 9.3
 7.6
 23.3
 20.4
 -1.36
 0.047
 -4.74
 0.095
US
 14
 10
 11.1
 9.0
 21.5
 15.4
 -1.10
 0.126
 -2.41
 0.212
Asia
 6
 5
 9.4
 7.0
 8.9
 7.4
 1.05
 0.855
 2.15
 0.839
PNG
 4
 2
 7.2
 1.8
 8.5
 4.2
 -0.33
 0.433
 -0.78
 0.301

Abbreviations: SNPs, single nucleotide polymorphisms; NS, nonsynonymous; SoEur, Southern Europe; NoEur, Northern Europe; PNG, Papua New Guinea; US, United States

Savage et al. BMC Genetics 2008 9:31   doi:10.1186/1471-2156-9-31