Mitochondrial DNA haplogroup study: residents of Sulaymaniyah city in the Iraqi Kurdistan Region may be genetically closer to European lineage

Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences

Table 3 Comparison of Tajima’s neutrality test in Kurds in different studies

Population	N	S	Л	D	Source
Sulaymaniyah city	36	186	0.001157	− 2.15	Current study
Sorani	20	22	0.0058	− 1.92	Zarei and Rajabi-Maham (2016)
Hawrami	21	19	0.0025	− 2.30	Zarei and Rajabi-Maham (2016)
Kalhori	19	25	0.0071	− 2.04	Zarei and Rajabi-Maham (2016)
Kurmanji	19	18	0.0052	− 2.18	Zarei and Rajabi-Maham (2016)
Iraqi Kurds	15	18	0.0073	− 1.29	Al-Zahery et al. (2013)
Iran Kurds	20	36		− 1.57	Quintana-Murci et al. (2004)
Turkmanstan Kurds	32	41		− 1.32	Quintana-Murci et al. (2004)
Georgian Kurds	29			− 2.140	Comas et al. (2000)

N number of samples, S number of segregating sites, Л nucleotide diversity, D Tajima’s test statistic