Figure 3

Plot of similarity to their reference for patterns assigned as the expert classification (Black) and differently than the expert classification (Gray). Black boxes: box plots of the similarity to their reference for patterns with congruent classification between distance-based method and expert-defined. Boxes extend from 0.25 to 0.75 quartiles, and whiskers to the most extreme values. Median is highlighted by a thick bar. Grey boxes: box plots of the similarity to their reference for patterns with incongruent classification between distance-based method and expert-defined. Families for which no spoligotype patterns gave ambiguity show a single (black) box, corresponding to the mean similarity of congruent assignations (Beij, X and EAI with "Deletions" method; X for "Domain Walls"). Families for which no spoligotype patterns were found similar to the reference show no data (Beij, T, X, EAI with "Jaccard" method). BEIJ = Beijing; afri=M. africanum; CAS = Central Asia; LAM = Latino-American and Mediterranean; H = Haarlem; EAI = East African Indian.