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The methodology that was used consisted of the following steps:
1.

All three data sets were merged into a single spreadsheet. The identifier and
source of each haplotype was kept in a separate column.

2.

The Haplogroup Predictor program (Athey, 2005; Athey, 2006) was used in
batch mode to predict the haplogroups for the KUL-Leuven data set, and to
reanalyze the haplogroup for the other two datasets so that all of the
predictions would have the same basis.

3.

The data records were sorted by source and haplogroup to compute the
haplogroup frequencies for each data set.

4.

The overall haplogroup frequencies were calculated for the combined dataset.

5.

The allele frequencies were calculated for each marker in the combined dataset
for Haplogroups R1b and I1.

6.

The modal haplotypes for the most prevalent haplogroups in the combined
Flemish dataset were determined.

7.

For each of the most prevalent haplogroups, the difference in origin and history
of the haplogroups were compared.

Results
The main results from applying the above steps produced a table of allele frequencies
for 37 markers in 166 Flemish R1b haplotypes and 45 I1 haplotypes as shown
in Tables 2 and 3; Table 4 shows the haplogroup distributions from the three
datasets, both separately and combined; a series of pie charts in Figures 4-7 show
the distribution of haplogroups in these datasets; and Table 5 compares the Flemish
modal haplotypes with the modal haplotypes of the most common haplogroups.

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