Table 2 Ancestral group frequencies among investigated states. AMR – Amerindian, AFR – African, EUR – European, ASI – Non-Amerindian Asian
From: mtDNA structure: the women who formed the Brazilian Northeast
Populations | Number | Frequency (%) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AMR (N) | AFR (N) | EUR (N) | ASI (N) | |||
Piauí | North | 45 | 51 (23) | 31 (14) | 11 (05) | 7 (03) |
Central-North | 42 | 69 (29) | 24 (10) | 7 (03) | - | |
Southeast | 42 | 39 (17) | 43.9 (18) | 17.1 (07) | - | |
Southwest | 45 | 48.9 (22) | 46.7 (21) | 4.4 (02) | - | |
Total | 174 | 52.3 (91) | 36.2 (63) | 9.8 (17) | 1.7 (03) | |
Ceará | 52 | 51.9 (27) | 30.8 (16) | 11.5 (06) | 5.8 (03) | |
Rio Grande do Norte | East | 193 | 45.6 (88) | 35.8 (69) | 15.5 (30) | 3.1 (06) |
Agreste | 26 | 50 (13) | 34.6 (09) | 11.5 (03) | 3.8 (01) | |
Central | 29 | 44.8 (13) | 20.7 (06) | 24.1 (07) | 10.3 (03) | |
West | 28 | 42.9 (12) | 46.4 (13) | 10.7 (03) | - | |
Total | 276 | 45.7 (126) | 35.1 (97) | 15.6 (43) | 3.6 (10) | |
Paraíba | 21 | 38.1 (8) | 38.1 (08) | 23.8 (05) | - | |
Pernambuco | 64 | 30.3 (18) | 40.8 (26) | 28.9 (20) | - | |
Alagoas | 169 | 33.1 (56) | 45.6 (77) | 21.3 (36) | - | |
Sergipe | 4 | 75 (03) | 25 (01) | - | - | |
Bahia | 7 | 71.4 (05) | 28.6 (02) | - | - | |
Total | 767 | 43.5 (334) | 37.8 (290) | 16.6 (127) | 2.1 (16) | |