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Table 1 African population samples studied for NAT2 sequence variation

From: Variation in NAT2 acetylation phenotypes is associated with differences in food-producing subsistence modes and ecoregions in Africa

  

Sample

Geographical

Living in dry

Linguistic

Subsistence

 

Population

Code

size

region (Country)

savanna biome1

affiliation

mode

Reference

Egyptians

EGY

10

Northern (Egypt)

no

Afro-Asiatic

Agricultural

[25]

Mandenka

MAN

97

Western (Senegal)

yes

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[24]

Fulani Banfora

FBAN

49

Western (Burkina Faso)

yes

Niger-Congo

Pastoralist

this study

Fulani Tindangou

FTIN

50

Western (Burkina Faso)

yes

Niger-Congo

Pastoralist

this study

Fulani Ader

FADE

48

Western (Niger)

yes

Niger-Congo

Pastoralist

this study

Yoruba in Ibadan

YRI

88

Western (Nigeria)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[53]

Yoruba Bantus

YOR

31

Western (Nigeria)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[44]

Yoruba

YRB

18

Western (Nigeria)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[97]

Yoruba CEPH

YO

12

Western (Nigeria)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[42]

Ibo

IBO

19

Western (Nigeria)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[97]

Hausa

HAU

17

Western (Nigeria)

yes

Afro-Asiatic

Agricultural

[97]

Kanembou

KANE

49

Central (Chad)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Agricultural

this study

Daza

DAZ

41

Central (Chad)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Pastoralist

this study

Fulani Bongor

FBON

50

Central (Chad)

yes

Niger-Congo

Pastoralist

this study

Fulani

FU

13

Central (Cameroon)

yes

Niger-Congo

Pastoralist

[42]

Kanuri

KN

12

Central (Cameroon)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Agricultural

[42]

Mada

MD

14

Central (Cameroon)

yes

Afro-Asiatic

Agricultural

[42]

Ngumba Bantus

NGU

16

Central (Cameroon)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[44]

Lemande

LM

14

Central (Cameroon)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[42]

Bakola Pygmy

PYG

26

Central (Cameroon)

no

Niger-Congo

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Bedzan Pygmy

BEZ

32

Central (Cameroon)

no

Niger-Congo

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Baka Pygmy Cameroon

BAKC

31

Central (Cameroon)

no

Niger-Congo

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Baka Pygmy Gabon

BAKG

16

Central (Gabon)

no

Niger-Congo

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Akele Bantus Gabon

GAB

26

Central (Gabon)

no

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[44]

Biaka Pygmy

BIA

24

Central (C. A. R.)

no

Niger-Congo

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Mbuti Pygmy

MBU

24

Central (D. R. C.)

no

Nilo-Saharan

Hunter-gatherer

[44]

Dinka

DN

13

Eastern (South Sudan)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Pastoralist

[42]

Luhya in Webuye

LWK

97

Eastern (Kenya)

yes

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[53]

Maasai

MAS

12

Eastern (Kenya)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Pastoralist

[97]

Luo

LUO

14

Eastern (Kenya)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Pastoralist

[97]

Somali

SOM

20

Eastern (Somalia)

yes

Afro-Asiatic

Pastoralist

[44]

Turu

TR

15

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Niger-Congo

Agro-pastoralist

[42]

Hadza

HZ

14

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Khoisan

Hunter-gatherer

[42]

Sandawe

SW

18

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Khoisan

Hunter-gatherer

[42]

Burunge

BG

17

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Afro-Asiatic

Agro-pastoralist

[42]

Chagga Bantus

CHA

32

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Niger-Congo

Agricultural

[44]

Maasai

MS

14

Eastern (Tanzania)

yes

Nilo-Saharan

Pastoralist

[42]

San

SAN

38

Eastern (Zimbabwe)

yes

Khoisan

Hunter-gatherer

[97]

African Americans2

ASW

61

ND3

ND3

ND3

ND3

[53]

  1. 1Classification according to climatic zone and biome (ecoregion), based on [99]
  2. 2African Americans: Americans of African ancestry in Southwestern US
  3. 3ND: not defined