Luhya in Webuye, Kenya [LWK]
The biomaterials currently available for this population are shown in the table below:
| Population |
Luhya in Webuye, Kenya [LWK] |
| Microtiter Plates |
HAPMAPV12
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| Individual DNA Samples |
122 |
| Individual Cell Cultures |
122 |
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Population Description
Principal Investigators for Community Engagement and Sample Collection:
Charles Rotimi, Howard University, Washington, DC
Duncan Ngare, Moi University, Eldoret, Kenya
These cell lines and DNA samples were prepared from blood samples collected in Webuye Division, of Bungoma district in western Kenya. All of the samples are from unrelated individuals who identified themselves as having four Luhya grandparents.
The Luhya are classified as a Niger-Congo population and are Bantu-speaking. It is important to include a reference to "Webuye, Kenya" when describing the source of these samples (and to use the abbreviation "LWK" where a shorthand designation is needed). Including the name of the locality and the country where these samples were collected reinforces the point that the sample set, while in no way genetically "atypical", does not necessarily represent all Luhya people, whose population history is complex. The population should not be described merely as "African", "Sub-Saharan African", "East African", or "Kenyan", since each of those designators encompasses many populations with many different geographic ancestries.
It may be scientifically appropriate to pool data from these samples with data from other ancestrally related groups, when the data show that the groups have similar allele frequencies. If the groups all have African ancestry, the designation "African ancestry" (abbreviation: AFA) to describe the combined analysis panel is recommended. If only groups very closely related to the Luhya have similar allele frequencies, then another abbreviation may need to be used.
Additional guidance about how to refer to the HapMap populations can be found at http://www.hapmap.org/citinghapmap.html.
Policies and Guidelines
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