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Table 2 List of populations used in this study. Population codes are given, as well as sample size, number of U6 haplotypes detected, percentage of U6 in the sample, and the relative frequency (%) of the three U6 sub-groups.

From: Mitochondrial DNA transit between West Asia and North Africa inferred from U6 phylogeography

Group

Population

Name

sample

HapU6

U6(%)

U6a(%)

U6b(%)

U6c(%)

References

EAST (E)

         
 

Arab Bedouin

ABD

29

1

2 (7)

-

2 (100)

-

22

 

Egyptians

EGY

67

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

46

 

Ethiopian

ETI

74

3

3 (4)

3 (100)

-

-

14

 

Iraqi

IRQ

116

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

47

 

Ashkenazic Jew

JAS

78

2

3 (4)

3 (100)

-

-

14

 

Bukharan Jew

JBU

33

1

1 (3)

1 (100)

-

-

14

 

Ethiopian Jew

JET

48

1

1 (2)

1 (100)

-

-

14

 

Kikuyu

KIK

24

1

2 (8)

2 (100)

-

-

48

 

Palestinian

PAL

109

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

47

 

Syrians

SYR

69

2

3 (4)

3 (100)

-

-

47

   Total E

 

647

9

18 (3)

16 (89)

2 (11)

-

 

WEST (W)

         

Europe

        
 

Med. Center

MdC

302

1

1 (0)

-

1 (100)

-

47

 

Sicilian

SIC

106

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

13

Iberian Peninsula (IP)

 

Andalusian

AND

397

7

10 (3)

8 (80)

2 (20)

-

9, 11, a

 

Cat and Aragón

CAR

118

2

2 (2)

1 (50)

1 (50)

-

49

 

Castilla

CAV

38

1

1 (3)

1 (100)

-

-

11

 

León

LEO

61

1

1 (2)

1 (100)

-

-

11

 

Galician

GAL

135

3

3 (2)

1 (33)

2 (67)

-

12, 50

 

Maragatos

MRG

49

2

4 (8)

1 (25)

3 (75)

-

11

 

Portugal Center

PC

162

2

3 (2)

3 (100)

-

-

10, 12

 

Portuguese

PCR

54

2

3 (6)

2 (67)

1 (33)

-

a

 

North Portugal

PN

184

6

8 (4)

5 (63)

3 (38)

-

10, 12

 

Santander

SAN

88

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

38

   Total IP

 

1286

18

36 (3)

24 (67)

12 (33)

-

 

Islands

        
 

Canarian

CAN

300

11

53(18)

4 (8)

39 (74)

10 (19)

19

 

Cabo Verde

CV

315

5

6 (2)

6 (100)

-

-

51, a

 

Madeira

MAD

96

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

a

 

Sao Tomé

SAT

50

1

1 (2)

1 (100)

-

-

52

   Total Islands

 

761

15

61 (8)

12 (20)

39 (64)

10 (16)

 

West Africa (WA)

 

Algerian Berbers

BAL

86

5

25 (29)

24 (96)

1 (4)

-

9, a

 

Ifrane Berbers

BIF

46

7

9 (20)

8 (89)

1 (11)

-

14

 

Moroccan Ber.

BMO

213

11

15 (7)

11 (73)

1 (7)

3 (20)

4, 14, 53, a

Fulbe

FUL

60

2

2 (3)

1 (50)

1 (50)

-

48

 
 

Mauritanian

MAU

64

4

11 (17)

11 (100)

-

-

4, a

 

Moroccan

MOR

56

6

11 (20)

8 (73)

-

3 (27)

4, a

 

Saharan

SAH

37

2

3 (8)

3 (100)

-

-

4, a

 

Mandenka

SEM

119

1

1 (1)

1 (100)

-

-

54

 

Wolof

SEW

48

2

2 (4)

1 (50)

1 (50)

-

4

 

Songhai

SON

10

1

2 (20)

2 (100)

-

-

48

 

Tuareg

TUA

23

1

1 (4)

1 (100)

-

-

48

   Total WA

 

762

27

82 (11)

71 (87)

5 (6)

6 (7)

 

AMERICA

 

Brazilian

BRA

247

2

4 (2)

4 (100)

-

-

16

 

Cuban patients

CUB

4

1

3 (75)

-

3 (100)

-

15

 

TOTAL

56

206

128(62)

62 (30)

16 (8)

   
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