Modern population

Cameroon Mbo

Cameroon_Mbo

Cameroon Mbo is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Cameroon_Mbo), with 21 samples from Southwest Region, Cameroon.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Cameroon Bafut, Cameroon Aghem and Lemande, and among ancient ones Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo), Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo) and Colonial African (Mexico).

Period
Modern
Country
Cameroon
Origin
Southwest Region, Cameroon
Sampled near
Adamawa 6.44, 11.42
Samples
21
Catalogue
Cameroon_Mbo

Nearest populations

Distance between population averages in scaled G25 space, ×100. Lower is closer. It says who resembles this population, not who descends from it; an nMonte model tests that.

Modern
#PopulationDistance
1Cameroon BafutCameroon_Bafut0.86
2Cameroon AghemCameroon_Aghem0.98
3LemandeLemande1.17
4Tikar SouthTikar_South1.60
5GanguelaGanguela1.90
6Cameroon BangwaCameroon_Bangwa1.99
7UmbunduUmbundu2.04
8Cameroon BakokoCameroon_Bakoko2.24
9KongoKongo2.28
10Mende Sierra LeoneMende_Sierra_Leone2.78
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.03
2Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.52
3Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.62
4Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP4.92
5Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP5.27
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP6.33
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP7.02
8Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP8.31
9Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA10.31
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA14.24

Individuals 21

The samples behind this population in the catalogue.

SampleOrigin
CAM-MBO-002Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-010Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-012Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-013Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-015Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-019Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-022Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-036Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-037Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-038Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-039Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-040Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-042Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-046Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-051Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-052Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-083Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-089Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-MBO-093Southwest Region, Cameroon
CAM-PYKL-047Southwest Region, Cameroon
CMF-BAK-022Southwest Region, Cameroon