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Table 3 Mantel test to assess the correlation between genes and geography and/or language

From: Divorcing the Late Upper Palaeolithic demographic histories of mtDNA haplogroups M1 and U6 in Africa

 

Gene vs. Geography

Gene vs. Language

Correlation coefficient

p value

Correlation coefficient

p value

M1

0.272495

0.0023

0.124358

0.0399

M1a

0.248112

0.0224

0.13911

0.0257

M1b

−0.114947

0.6141

−0.182012

0.6118

U6

0.316123

0.0576

0.244242

0.0721

M1-U6

0.10396

0.1916

0.135123

0.1002

M1/M1a

Grouped: (Abazas, Abkhaz, Cherkess, Kabardinian, Chechen, Georgia)

(Ethiopia,Somalia) (Greece, Crete, Cyprus) (Jordan, Lebanon, Israel) (Kuwait, Iraq)

(Morocco, Mauritania) (Saudi-Arabia, Yemen) (Senegal, Burkina-Fasso) (Spain, Portugal)

(Tunisia, Libya, Algeria)

Excluded: Karachays, Kumyks, Nogays, Ossetians, Kenya, Iran.

M1b

Grouped: (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal) (Italy, Spain) (Morocco, Mauritania, Algeria)

(Tunisia, Libya) (Jordan, Iraq, Israel)

U6

Grouped: (France, England, Netherlands) (Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Nigeria)

(Jordan, Israel, Lebanon,Kuwait) (Morocco, Mauritania, Canarian Islands)

(Saudi-Arabia, Oman) (Spain, Portugal)

Excluded: Armenia, Ukraine, Cyprus, Iran.

M1-U6

Grouped: (Abazas, Abkhaz, Cherkess, Kabardinian, Chechen, Georgia)

(Greece, Crete, Cyprus) (France, England, Netherlands) (Ethiopia,Somalia) (Spain, Portugal)

(Kuwait, Iraq) (Lebanon, Israel) (Morocco, Mauritania, Canarian Islands)

(Senegal, Burkina-Fasso, Nigeria) (Russia, Ukraine) (Saudi-Arabia, Yemen, Oman)

 

Excluded: Karachays, Kumyks, Nogays, Ossetians, Kenya, Iran, Armenia.

  1. The upper part of the table reports the numbers, and the lower shows the different grouping/exclusion due to sample size and/or incompatible language grouping.