Genomic microsatellites identify shared Jewish ancestry intermediate between Middle Eastern and European populations

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Published online 2009 December 8. doi: 10.1186/1471-2156-10-80

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Table 1

Heterozygosity and sample size for European, Jewish, and Middle Eastern populations.

Population	Group	Number of individuals	Mean heterozygosity across loci	Standard deviation of heterozygosity across loci
Mozabite	Middle Eastern	29	0.739	0.082

Bedouin	Middle Eastern	46	0.736	0.077

Druze	Middle Eastern	42	0.723	0.086

Palestinian	Middle Eastern	46	0.734	0.080

Tunisian	Jewish	18	0.724	0.095

Moroccan	Jewish	20	0.730	0.088

Turkish	Jewish	20	0.736	0.083

Ashkenazi	Jewish	20	0.733	0.087

Sardinian	European	28	0.723	0.088

Italian	European	13	0.728	0.095

Tuscan	European	8	0.736	0.108

French	European	28	0.731	0.083

Basque	European	24	0.719	0.096

Orcadian	European	15	0.726	0.095

Russian	European	25	0.732	0.085

Adygei	European	17	0.730	0.088