Nigeria is a country located on the western coast of Africa that has a diverse geography, with climates ranging from arid to humid equatorial. Hundreds of languages are spoken in Nigeria, including Yoruba, Igbo, Fula, Hausa, Edo, Ibibio, Tiv, and English
Enugu, town, capital of Enugu state, located in southeastern Nigeria at the foot of the Udi Plateau. Its name comes from the traditional Igbo (Ibo) words enu Ugwu, meaning ‘at the top of the hill.’ Learn more about Enugu, its history, and its industrie
Mitochondrial genetic profile of the Yoruba population from Nigeria - ScienceDirectB. Martínez aM. Nguidi bL. Catelli cC. Vullo cV.O. Okolie dS.O. Keshinro eE.F. Carvalho bL. Gusmo bF. Simo bForensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series...
Typically, genotype data from the four HapMap phase II and III populations [17, 24] (The Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria; Japanese in Tokyo, Japan; Han Chinese in Beijing, China; and the CEPH (U.S. Utah residents with ancestry from northern and western Europe)) are used to assess the ...
The Yoruba are the largest ethnic group south of the Sahara with a population of 44 million and are the third largest in Africa. They are not a single group but have common language, history, and culture. They became the most urbanized African civilization before the arrival of Europeans. I...
Twenty individuals from each of two additional HapMap40 population samples, CHB (Han Chinese in Beijing, China), and YRI (Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria) were included to provide variant validation data. All methods were carried out in accordance with relevant guidelines and regulations, and all ...
The International Haplotype Mapping Project (HapMap) was launched in 2002 to genotype at least one common single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) for every 5 kb in four ethnically diverse populations: Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria (YRI); Utah residents with ancestry from northern and western Europe (CEU...
Port Harcourt, a port town and the capital of Rivers state in southern Nigeria. Named after Lewis Harcourt, the colonial secretary at the time, the town was founded in 1912 and began to serve as a port after the opening of the rail link to the Enugu coal
Lagos, city and chief port of Lagos state, Nigeria. Lagos is Nigeria’s largest city. Until 1975 it was the capital of Lagos state, and until 1991 it was the federal capital of Nigeria. Ikeja replaced Lagos as the state capital, and Abuja replaced Lagos
(147 MKK), the Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria (120 YRI), the Utah residents with Northern and Western European ancestry (115 CEU), the Tuscans in Italy (83 TSI), the Chinese community in Metropolitan Denver, Colorado, USA (85 CHD), Gujarati Indians in Houston, Texas, USA (72 GIH), the ...