Table 3 Telomere biology genes average diversity of the major continental regions from the HapMap 2 project and HGDP-CEPH panel

From: Worldwide genetic structure in 37 genes important in telomere biology

Region

N

2N

Average h d

Het telomere gene set

Het immune gene set

Pa

Africa

185

370

84.37

0.299

0.286

0.059

Middle East

161

322

76.91

0.297

0.324

0.00005

Europe

156

312

75.04

0.309

0.330

0.0017

C/S Asia

198

396

73.04

0.300

0.324

0.0003

USAb

90

180

70.55

—

—

—

East Asia

316

632

72.19

0.295

0.303

0.284

Oceania

21

42

63.35

0.313

0.301

0.203

Americac

41

82

65.51

0.287

0.264

0.0057

  1. Abbreviations: hd, haplotype diversity (%); het, heterozygosity in each region using HGDP-CEPH data; HGDP, Human Genome Diversity Panel; N, number of individuals; 2N, number of chromosomes.
  2. afor differences between the heterozygosity of the telomere and immune gene sets
  3. bIncludes individuals from Utah.
  4. cIncludes populations in Brazil, Colombia and Mexico.
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