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Table 6 Genetic distance estimates between South Indian castes, Europeans, and eastern Asians

From: Genetic variation in South Indian castes: evidence from Y-chromosome, mitochondrial, and autosomal polymorphisms

 

Y-Chromosome a

Autosomal STRs b

mtDNA a

 

Europeans

E. Asians

Europeans

E. Asians

Europeans

E. Asians

Tamil Upper

0.1730

0.6379

0.0026

0.0067

0.2059

0.0772

NTS Upper

0.1947

0.7094

0.0046

0.0082

0.2640

0.0356

Tamil Middle

0.2737

0.5075

0.0037

0.0077

0.1861

0.0810

Tamil Lower

0.3652

0.7060

0.0052

0.0069

0.5951

0.0383

Andhra Upper

0.1992

0.9352

0.0023

0.0082

0.3124

0.0284

Andhra Middle

0.2527

0.4431

0.0041

0.0064

0.2401

0.0239

Andhra Lower

0.2693

0.4885

0.0053

0.0070

0.3264

0.0154

  1. (aSlatkin's linearized FST distance; bDSW distance)