Table 1.
African population samples studied for NAT2 sequence variation
| 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] |
1Classification according to climatic zone and biome (ecoregion), based on [99]
2African Americans: Americans of African ancestry in Southwestern US
3ND: not defined