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Table 3 Frequencies of expected and observed heterozygosity and fixation index for the LP variants C/G-13907, C/T-13910 and T/G-13915 among ten ethnic groups of East Africa and Dutch from Europe

From: Genetic diversity of lactase persistence in East African populations

Populations (N)

C/G-13907

C/T-13910

T/G-13915

He

Ho

F (P)

He

Ho

F (P)

He

Ho

F (P)

Gaalien (40)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.202

0.225

−0.114 (>0.05)

Shwaiga (38)

0.052

0.053

−0.014 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

0.232

0.211

0.092 (>0.05)

Shokrya (40)

0.049

0.050

−0.013 (>0.05)

0.025

0.025

0.000 (>0.05)

0.425

0.300

0.297 (>0.05)

Beja-Bani Amir (37)

0.257

0.297

−0.161 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

0.454

0.351

0.228 (>0.05)

Halfawien (39)

0.026

0.026

0.000 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

0.186

0.205

−0.101 (>0.05)

Mahas (39)

0.026

0.026

0.000 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

0.075

0.077

−0.027 (>0.05)

Darfurians (49)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.020

0.020

0.000 (>0.05)

Nuba (40)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.049

0.000

1.000 (=0.01)

Fulani (39)

0.026

0.026

0.000 (>0.05)

0.398

0.385

0.036 (>0.05)

0.026

0.026

0.000 (>0.05)

Ethiopians (40)

0.202

0.225

−0.114 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

0.182

0.150

0.179 (>0.05)

Dutch (46)

0.000

0.000

0.486

0.413

0.152 (>0.05)

0.000

0.000

  1. N sample size, He expected heterozygosity, Ho observed heterozygosity, F fixation index