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Table 4 Comparison of MC1R nucleotide diversity and Tajima's D statistic to other sets of genes. These data include subjects from different ethnic groups calculated as a whole. The number of genes evaluated is shown in parentheses.

From: Nucleotide diversity and population differentiation of the Melanocortin 1 Receptor gene, MC1R

 

π × 10-4

θ × 10-4

# NS/kbp

#S/kbp

Tajima's D statistic

MC1R

10.1

64.2

38.9

18.9

-2.08

Telomere biology genesa (n = 7)

3.0

5.5

0.59

1.01

-1.365

Nuclear hormone receptor genesb (n = 40)

4.1

7.5

1.55

1.97

ND

Antigen processing and presenting genesb (n = 72)

4.7

8.3

2.29

1.99

ND

Reference genesb (n = 4950)

4.8

7.9

1.88

1.86

ND

Pharmaceutical Response genesc (n = 1598)

5.6

ND

ND

ND

negative

Environmental response genesd (n = 213)

6.7

ND

ND

ND

ND

  1. aSavage et al. [2005].
  2. bPungliya et al. [2004].
  3. cSchneider et al. [2003].
  4. dLivingston et al. [2004].
  5. Abbreviations: NS, nonsynonymous, S, synonymous, ND, not determined in the reference manuscript.