Table 3 Heterozygosity and effective population size (Ne) estimates based on whole genome sequence data

From: Genome-wide genotype and sequence-based reconstruction of the 140,000 year history of modern human ancestry

Sample

Heterozygosity for Polymorphic Sites

Heterozygosity for All Sites

Ne based on θWa

Ne based on θHeta

ASW

0.150

0.000952

30,859

21,649

CEU

0.190

0.000717

17,084

16,312

CHB

0.190

0.000672

15,577

15,280

CHS

0.190

0.000671

15,462

15,254

CLM

0.167

0.000769

22,443

17,486

FIN

0.195

0.000719

16,404

16,364

GBR

0.188

0.000721

17,179

16,394

IBS

0.264

0.000706

19,125

16,052

JPT

0.198

0.000673

15,289

15,311

LWK

0.142

0.000966

30,090

21,982

MXL

0.172

0.000736

20,451

16,750

PUR

0.167

0.000784

23,278

17,830

TSI

0.179

0.000723

17,795

16,446

YRI

0.154

0.000954

27,834

21,708

  1. aθW refers to Watterson's estimator of the population-scaled mutation rate θ, which is frequency-independent. θHet refers to the estimator based on heterozygosity, which is frequency-dependent.
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