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. 2018 Jan 26;19:95. doi: 10.1186/s12864-017-4422-y

Table 1.

Description of sample groups

Global Pool (code) Population (code) Country Sample size
Northern Khoe-San (NKS) Ju/‘hoansi (JUH) Namibia 5
Northern Khoe-San (NKS) !Xun (XUN) Angola 4
Southern Khoe-San (SKS) Karretjie (KAR) South Africa 4
Southern Khoe-San (SKS) Nama (NAM) Namibia 5
West African origin (WAF) Luhya (LWK) Kenya 5
West African origin (WAF) Yoruba (YRI) Nigeria 4
admixed Indigenous American (AMR) Mexican ancestry (MXL) USA 5
admixed Indigenous American (AMR) Peruvian (PEL) Peru 4
European origin (EUR) Italian (TSI) Italy 4
European origin (EUR) Northern & Western European ancestry (CEU) USA 5
South Asian (SAS) Gujarati ancestry (GIH) USA 4
South Asian (SAS) Punjabi (PJL) Pakistan 5