Modern population

Mwani

Mwani

Mwani is a modern reference population in Genoplot's G25 reference catalogue (Mwani), with 4 samples from Cabo Delgado, Mozambique.

Its nearest neighbours among modern populations are Makhuwa, Sena and Yao, and among ancient ones Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP), Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP) and Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo).

Period
Modern
Country
Mozambique
Origin
Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
Sampled near
Cabo Delgado -12.58, 40.46
Samples
4
Catalogue
Mwani

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
1MakhuwaMakhuwa1.45
2SenaSena1.47
3YaoYao1.57
4NyanjaNyanja1.72
5NdauNdau1.75
6ChanganaChangana1.95
7RongaRonga2.09
8TswaTswa2.15
9ChopiChopi2.22
10ManyikaManyika2.28
Ancient
#PopulationDistance
1Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Pemba_600BP1.93
2Tanzania Pemba (Medieval, c. 600 BP)Tanzania_Pemba_600BP2.42
3Kindoki Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_Kindoki_Protohistoric3.31
4Colonial African (Mexico)Mexico_Colonial_African3.43
5Ngongo Mbata Protohistoric (Congo)Congo_NgongoMbata_Protohistoric3.57
6Munsa (c. 500 BP)Munsa_500BP3.67
7South Africa (c. 400 BP)South_Africa_400BP4.57
8Kakapel (Late Iron Age, Kenya)Kenya_Kakapel_LIA7.00
9Taukome (Medieval, c. 1100 BP)Taukome_1100BP7.69
10Xaro (Early Iron Age, Botswana)Botswana_Xaro_EIA11.73

Individuals 5

The samples behind this population in the catalogue. Outliers are kept out of the population's average.

SampleOrigin
201403Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
201406Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
201407Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
201411Cabo Delgado, Mozambique
201415 outlierCabo Delgado, Mozambique