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Table 2 Intra ethnic-group genetic differentiation based on 7 Y-chromosomal microsatellites.

From: Genetic diversity and the emergence of ethnic groups in Central Asia

Language family

Ethnic group

Intragroup differentiation: Rst

Probability

Turkic

Karakalpak (N = 2)

9.03

0.000

Turkic

Kazakh (N = 3)

15.6

0.000

Turkic

Kyrgyz (N = 6)

7.35

0.000

Turkic

Turkmen (N = 2)

25.1

0.000

Turkic

Uzbek (N = 2)

0.009

0.21

Indo-Iranian

Tajik (N = 5)

22.94

0.000

  1. N: number of populations per ethnic group. Probability: the probability that an Rst will be higher than the observed value in 1000 permutations