Table 1.
Published whole exome and genomes data from sub-Saharan Africa.
| Country | Region | Individuals | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exomes | |||
| Botswana | Southern Africa | 164 | Retshabile et al., 2018 |
| Uganda | Southern Africa | 150 | Retshabile et al., 2018 |
| Ghanaian | Western Africa | 1032 | Kodaman et al., 2017 |
| Tunisia | North Africa | 7 19 | Hamdi et al., 2018 Ben Rekaya et al., 2018 |
| Morocco | North Africa | 3 | Bousfiha et al., 2017 |
| Cameroonian | Central Africa | 179 | Sickle Cell Disease Project (Unpublished) |
| Congo | Central Africa | 23 | Sickle Cell Disease Project (Unpublished) |
| Black Xhosa (SA) | Southern Africa | 25 | Hearing Impairment Project (Unpublished) |
| African Caribbean (ACB) | Caribbean | 98 | 1000 Genomes project |
| Esan in Nigeria (ESN) | Western Africa | 111 | 1000 Genomes project |
| Mende in Sierra Leone (MSL) | Western Africa | 98 | 1000 Genomes project |
| Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI) | Western Africa | 100 | 1000 Genomes project |
| Luhya in Webuye, Kenya (LWK) | East Africa | 106 | 1000 Genomes project |
| African Ancestry in Southwest USA (ASW) | North America | 68 | 1000 Genomes project |
| Gambia in Western Division, The Gambia (GWD) | Western Africa | 120 | 1000 Genomes project |
| African American | North America | 761 | Auer et al., 2012 |
| Genomes | |||
| Baganda, Banyarwanda, Barundi (Uganda); Luhya, Kikuyu, Kalenjin (Kenya); Sotho, Zulu (South Africa); Yoruba, Igbo (Nigeria); Ga-Adangbe (Ghana); Jola, Fula, Wolof, Mandika (Gambia); Amhara, Oromo, Somali (Ethiopia) | Sub Sahara (Eastern Africa, Southern Africa, Western Africa, Southern Africa) | 320 | Gurdasani et al., 2015 |
| Kombo (Gambia) | Western Africa | 2560 | Jallow et al., 2009 |
| South Africa | Southern Africa | 13 | Kramvis et al., 2002 |
| Ovamboland (Namibia) Angola Madagascar | Southern Africa Southern Africa Madagascar | 23 2 1 | Kramvis et al., 2005 |
| Algeria, Morocco, Libya, Tunisia, Tuareg Congo, Gabon, Cameroun, Nigeria | Northern Africa Sub Sahara | 25 59 | Fadhlaoui-Zid et al., 2013 |
| Uganda Zimbabwean | Sub Sahara | 112 174 | Venner et al., 2016 |
| Mandinka II, Serehule, Bambara, Malike, FulaII, FulaI, MandikaI, Wollof, Serere, Manjogo, Jola Mossi, Kasem, Yoruba, Namkam, Semi-Bantu, Akans, Bantu Kauma, Chonyi, WabondeI, Kambe, Luhya, Maasai, Wasambaa, Giriama, Mzigua Ari, Anuak, Sudanese, Gumuz Oromo, Somali, Wolayta, Afar, Tigray, Amhara Nama, Karretjie, Khomani, Malawi, Herero, Khwe, Ixu, HU/’Hoansi, Amaxhosa Sebantu | West African Niger-Congo Central West African Niger-Congo East Africa Niger-Congo East Africa Nilo-Saharan East Africa Afroasiatic Khoesan | 2504 | Busby et al., 2016 |
| African American | African American | 35370 | Ng et al., 2014 |
| Ethiopian (Weth) | Sub Sahara | 120 | Tekola-Ayele et al., 2015 |
| South Africa | Southern Africa | 24 (8 Colored, 16 Black) | Choudhury et al., 2017 |