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The one-humped camel ( I Camelus dromedarius i ) originates from southeast of the Arabian Peninsula based on archaeological evidence.1 It is a unique livestock for its adaptations to arid environment and ability to provide goods under extreme conditions.2 Dromedary camels are distributed in desert and semi-desert regions across Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, and southwest of Asia through ancient trading routes.3 The majority (80%) are found in Africa and current estimates in Nigeria is about 289 794 heads.4 Dromedary camels are mainly distributed in the semi-arid northern part of Nigeria.5 Herein, we evaluate variation of the mtDNA I cytochrome b i ( I cyto b i ) gene in 70 Nigerian dromedary camels with other populations (Fig. All 137 dromedary camel mtDNA I cyto b i sequences (70 I de novo i and 67 published) were aligned and trimmed to 969 bp for analysis. Mitochondrial DNA variation of Nigerian dromedary camel (Camelus dromedarius). [Extracted from the article]