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Table 3 Results of Mantel and Partial Mantel tests at different levels of NRY and mtDNA analysis using various distance matrices.

From: Little genetic differentiation as assessed by uniparental markers in the presence of substantial language variation in peoples of the Cross River region of Nigeria

   

Genetic distance matrix type calculated

   

NRY UEP-based F ST

NRY UEP+ms-based F ST

NRY Microsatellite-based R ST

mtDNA VSO-based F ST

mtDNA VSO-based K2

Correlation Analysis type

Groups utilised

R

P-value

R

P-value

R

P-value

R

P-value

R

P-value

Mantel

 

Cross River + Cameroon + Ghana

0.382

0.004$

0.182

0.141

0.235

0.055

0.300

0.037*

0.432

<0.001#

 

Geography

Nigeria (Includes IG-N and IG-E)

0.450

0.005$

0.377

0.024*

0.079

0.258

0.098

0.214

0.142

0.175

  

Cross River

0.022

0.360

-0.049

0.688

0.008

0.460

-0.033

0.659

0.018

0.378

  

Cross River + Cameroon + Ghana

0.341

0.001#

0.391

<0.001#

0.317

0.002$

0.372

<0.001#

0.347

<0.001#

 

Linguistics

Nigeria (Includes IG-N and IG-E)

0.217

0.049*

0.414

0.001$

0.111

0.160

0.113

0.146

0.080

0.260

  

Cross River

-0.014

0.499

0.305

0.036*

0.067

0.293

0.074

0.271

-0.015

0.513

Partial Mantel

 

Cross River + Cameroon + Ghana

0.235

0.036*

-0.073

0.6736

0.057

0.318

0.103

0.191

0.298

0.008$

 

Geography controlling Linguistics

Nigeria (Includes IG-N and IG-E)

0.404

0.007$

0.225

0.090

0.029

0.403

0.051

0.343

0.119

0.197

  

Cross River

0.028

0.359

-0.148

0.962

-0.011

0.549

-0.056

0.753

0.023

0.379

  

Cross River + Cameroon + Ghana

0.149

0.088

0.358

0.003$

0.227

0.028*

0.251

0.015*

0.120

0.121

 

Linguistics controlling Geography

Nigeria (Includes IG-N and IG-E)

0.004

0.464

0.288

0.023*

0.084

0.225

0.076

0.236

0.014

0.438

  

Cross River

-0.021

0.500

0.333

0.028*

0.067

0.293

0.087

0.233

-0.021

0.523

  1. Significance code is the same as Table 2.