The distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplogroup H in southern Iberia indicates ancient human genetic exchanges along the western edge of the Mediterranean

Table 4 F _SC and F _CT indices obtained by AMOVA for several groups of northern and southern Mediterranean populations

	Fixation Indices
Population Groups	F _SC	% total variance	F _CT	% total variance
Southern Iberia (Andalusia) (2)^a vs Northern Iberia (12)^b	0.01921***	1.90	0.01022 (n.s.)^e	1.02
Southern Iberia (Andalusia) (2) vs Spanish Basque Area (8)^c	0.01944***	1.90	0.02117 (n.s.)	2.12
Iberian Peninsula (18) vs Maghreb (6)^d	0.02035***	2.01	0.01034 (n.s.)	1.03
Iberian Peninsula (18) vs Morocco, Algeria (2)	0.01838***	1.83	0.00592 (n.s.)	0.59
Iberian Peninsula (18) vs Italy (14)	0.02284***	2.17	0.05207***	5.21
Andalusia (2) vs Maghreb (6)	0.01590***	1.57	0.01017 (n.s.)	1.02
Andalusia (2) vs Morocco, Algeria (2)	0.00224 (n.s.)	0.22	0.02106 (n.s.)	2.11

Results are based on mtDNA clade H composition
All values have been corrected for multiple testing using Bonferroni
^aNumber of populations per group
^bIncluding from west to east the Spanish northern regions of Galicia, Asturias, Cantabria and Basque Country
^cIncluding the Basque Country and the neighboring territory of Navarra
^dIncluding Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya
^en.s. not significant; ***P < 0.001

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