Southern African Genome Diversity Study
Population-Specific Data Resources
Ju/'hoan
Location: Greater Kalahari region of Namibia
Self-identified broad grouping: Bushmen
Language grouping: Ju-speaking (previously Northern Khoesan)
Specific grouping: Ju/'hoan
Illumina Omni-quad 1M data: n=19
!Xun
Location: northern Namibia (including migrants from southern Angola)
Self-identified broad grouping: Bushmen
Language grouping: Ju-speaking (previously Northern Khoesan)
Specific grouping: !Xun or Vasekela (latter also known as Angolan !Xun)
Illumina Omni-quad 1M data: n=14
amaXhosa
Location: Eastern Cape region of South Africa
Self-identified broad grouping: Bantu (Southern Bantu)
Broad Bantu language grouping: Nguni speakers
Language: isiXhosa
Illumina Omni-quad 1M data: n=15
Coloured
Location: South Africa
Geographically defined subpopulations: Northern Cape (NC), Western Cape (WC), District Six (D6) and Eastern Cape (EC)
Language: Afrikaans / English
Illumina Omni-quad 1M data: n=25
Baster
Location: Rehoboth, Namibia
Language group: Predominantly Afrikaans
Illumina Omni-quad 1M data: n=30
Genotype Data
PLoSGenetics_Petersen_2013.bed
Principal Investigator
Vanessa Hayes
Analytical Team
Nicholas Schork
The SCRIPPS Research Institute, San Diego
Desiree Petersen
JCVI, San Diego
Ondrej Libiger
The SCRIPPS Research Institute, San Diego
Elizabeth Tindall
JCVI, San Diego
International PhD students and Visiting Scientists
Rae-Anne Hardie
University of New South Wales, Australia
Zolani Simayi
University of Limpopo, South Africa
Katherine Theron
University of Limpopo, South Africa