Sample Name: German, Halle region

Sample UID: SA000887X

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German Caucasians from the area arouund Halle/Saale.

Number of Chromosomes: 200

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wiegand P, Schneider HR, Schurenkamp M, Kleiber M, Brinkmann B. "Tetranucleotide STR system D8S1132: sequencing data and population genetic comparisons". Int J Legal Med 111:180-182. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: Munster

Sample UID: SA000888Y

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German Caucasians from the area arouund Munster.

Number of Chromosomes: 268

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wiegand P, Schneider HR, Schurenkamp M, Kleiber M, Brinkmann B. "Tetranucleotide STR system D8S1132: sequencing data and population genetic comparisons". Int J Legal Med 111:180-182. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German, Caucasian

Sample UID: SA001334L

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated psychiatrically healthy German caucasians.

Number of Chromosomes: 212

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Finckh U, Giraldo-Velasquez M, Pelz J, Otto G, Sander T, Schmidt LG, Rommelspacher H, Rolfs A. "Dopamine D2 receptor gene (DRD2) haplotypes in Caucasians". Gene 179:251-255. (1996) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germany

Sample UID: SA001456Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated healthy Germany volunteer donors.

Number of Chromosomes: 234

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wang C, Lv M, Liang W, Jia Y, Zhang L "Allele frequency distribution of STR D5S819 in four populations ". J Forensic Sci 50:723-724. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002083N

Sample Description:This sample consists of a random subsample of participants in the German National Nutrition Survey which includes noninstitutionalized German adults in West Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 3326

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Loew M, Boeing H, Sturmer T, Brenner H. "Relation among alcohol dehydrogenase 2 polymorphism, alcohol consumption, and levels of gamma-glutamyltransferase". Alcohol. 29:131-5. (2003) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002002E

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals from Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 98

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Sánchez JJ, Phillips C, Borsting C, Balogh K, Bogus M, Fondevila M, Harrison CD, Musgrave-Brown E, Salas A, Syndercombe-Court D, Schneider PM, Carracedo A, Morling N. "A multiplex assay with 52 single nucleotide polymorphisms for human identification". Electrophoresis. 27:1713-1724. (2006) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002478V

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans.

Number of Chromosomes: 416

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Stephens JC, Reich DE, Goldstein DB, Shin HD, Smith MW et.al. "Dating the origin of the CCR5-Delta32 AIDS-resistance allele by the coalescence of haplotypes". Am J Hum Genet. 62:1507-15. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA003752R

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans from West Germany. The donors were selected at random, irrespective of skin color. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee at the Faculty of Medicine, Tottori University.

Number of Chromosomes: 598

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yuasa I, Umetsu K, Harihara S, Miyoshi A, Saitou N, Park KS, Dashnyam B, Jin F, Lucotte G, Chattopadhyay PK, Henke L, Henke J "OCA2 481Thr, a hypofunctional allele in pigmentation, is characteristic of northeastern Asian populations". J Hum Genet 52:690-3.. (2007) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA004186T

Sample Description:This sample consists of blood samples randomly collected from unrelated healthy Germans.

Number of Chromosomes: 64

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Fujihara J, Yasuda T, Kato H, Yuasa I, Panduro A, Kunito T, Takeshita H. "Genetic variants associated with arsenic metabolism within human arsenic (+3 oxidation state) methyltransferase show wide variation across multiple populations". Arch Toxicol. 85:119-25. (2011) Online citation.

Sample Name: German, Halle/Salle region

Sample UID: SA000920L

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German Caucasians from the area around Halle/Salle.

Number of Chromosomes: 380

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wiegand P, Lareu MV, Schurenkamp M, Kleiber M, Brinkmann B. "D18S535, D1S1656 and D10S2325: three efficient short tandem repeats for forensic genetics". Int J Legal Med 112:360-363. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: Essen

Sample UID: SA001321H

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals from the Essen area in Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 298

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Stein C, Lange T, Ferencik S, Grosse-Wilde H, Henssge C. "German population data of three tetrameric short tandem repeat loci--D3S1744, D12S1090 and D18S849". Forensic Sci Int. 91:103-107. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001796X

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals of Caucasoid origin. Individuals were randomly selected from the Munich area, Bavaria, Germany. Bavaria is the most southerly state in Germany with approximately 12 million inhabitants.

Number of Chromosomes: 246

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Schmid D, Anslinger K, Rolf B. "Allele frequencies of the ACTBP2 (=SE33), D18S51, D8S1132, D12S391, D2S1360, D3S1744, D5S2500, D7S1517, D10S2325 and D21S2055 loci in a German population sample". Forensic Sci Int. 151:303-305. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: German, Caucasian

Sample UID: SA001821M

Sample Description:This sample consists of 224 men and 186 women German Caucasian individuals.

Number of Chromosomes: 868

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Gouni-Berthold I, Giannakidou E, Faust M, Kratzsch J, Berthold HK, Krone W. "Resistin gene 3'-untranslated region +62G-->A polymorphism is associated with hypertension but not diabetes mellitus type 2 in a German population". J Intern Med. 258:518-26. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: German European

Sample UID: SA002229P

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German Europeans.

Number of Chromosomes: 148

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Salem AH, Batzer MA. "Distribution of the HIV resistance CCR5-Delta32 allele among Egyptians and Syrians". Mutat Res. 616:175-80. (2007) Online citation.

Sample Name: Essen, Germany

Sample UID: SA004132K

Sample Description:This sample consists of random sample of individuals of German European descent aged between 18 and 35 years in the Essen area. All individuals provided written informed consent and the local ethics committee approved the study.

Number of Chromosomes: 1058

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Boehringer S, van der Lijn F, Liu F, Günther M, Sinigerova S, Nowak S, Ludwig KU, Herberz R, Klein S, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Niessen WJ, Breteler MM, van der Lugt A, Würtz RP, Nöthen MM, Horsthemke B, Wieczorek D, Mangold E, Kayser M. "Genetic determination of human facial morphology: links between cleft-lips and normal variation". Eur J Hum Genet. 19:1192-7. (2011) Online citation.

Sample Name: NW Germany

Sample UID: SA004173P

Sample Description:This sample consists of individuals from Lower Saxony, North western Germany. Informed consent was obtained from all individuals and ethical approval was granted from the ethics committee of clinical investigation in Galicia, Spain.

Number of Chromosomes: 182

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Ruiz Y, Phillips C, Gomez-Tato A, Alvarez-Dios J, Casares de Cal M, Cruz R, Maroñas O, Söchtig J, Fondevila M, Rodriguez-Cid MJ, Carracedo A, Lareu MV. "Further development of forensic eye color predictive tests". Forensic Sci Int Genet. (Epub,ahead of print) (2012) Online citation.

Sample Name: German, Caucasians

Sample UID: SA000919T

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy unrelated individuals from the region of Hesse (Mid-Germany).

Number of Chromosomes: 612

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Seidl C, Muller S, Jager O, Seifried E. "Sequence analysis and population data of short tandem repeat polymorphisms at loci D8S639 and D11S488". Int J Legal Med 112:355-359. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001121F

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals (fathers and mothers)of the southwestern German population. Samples were obtained from routine paternity cases at the Institute of Legal Medicine in Mainz, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 248

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Waiyawuth W, Zhang L, Rittner C, Schneider PM. "Genetic analysis of the short tandem repeat system D12S391 in the German and three Asian populations". Forensic Sci Int. 94:25-31. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA001336N

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy, unrelated adults from North Western Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 906

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Brinkmann B, Junge A, Meyer E, Wiegand P. "Population genetic diversity in relation to microsatellite heterogeneity". Hum Mutat 11:135-144. (1998) Online citation.

- Rolf B, Waterkamp K, Huhne J. "Allele frequency data for the FGA locus in eight populations". Int J Legal Med. 111:55-6. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002397V

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans. Informed consent was obtained from the subjects.

Number of Chromosomes: 50

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Su B, Sun G, Lu D, Xiao J, Hu F, Chakraborty R, Deka R, Jin L "Distribution of three HIV-1 resistance-conferring polymorphisms (SDF1-3'A, CCR2-641, and CCR5-delta32) in global populations". Eur J Hum Genet. 8:975-9. (2000) Online citation.

Sample Name: Munster

Sample UID: SA003321J

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans from Munster, Germany.

Note: This sample information is not fully curated. For additional information about the sample, consult the publications under "References". The sample was entered as part of data submission by Eisenberg DA.

Number of Chromosomes: 2000

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Eisenberg DA, Kuzawa, CW, Hayes MG "Worldwide allele frequencies of the human apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene: climate, local adaptations and evolutionary history". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143:100-11. (2010) Online citation.

- Menzel HJ, Kladetzky RG, Assmann G. "Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and coronary artery disease". Arteriosclerosis. 3:310-5. (1983) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA000933P

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans from South-West Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 2676

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Bassler G, Forster R, Eberspacher B, Karl C, Kugler M, Pflug W. "Frequency data for the STR loci HumFibra (FGA) and HumACTBP2 (SE33) in a population of Germans and Turks from South-West GermanyI". Int J Legal Med 112:136-138. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA000862Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy unrelated adults from N-W Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 600

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Brinkmann B, Junge A, Meyer E, Wiegand P. "Population genetic diversity in relation to microsatellite heterogeneity". Hum Mutat 11:135-144. (1998) Online citation.

- Takeshita H, Meyer E, Brinkmann B. "The STR loci HumTPO and HumLPL: population genetic data in eight populations". Int J Legal Med. 110:331-3. . (1997) Online citation.

Sample Name: Bochum

Sample UID: SA003330J

Sample Description:This sample consists of German individuals.

Note: This sample information is not fully curated. For additional information about the sample, consult the publications under "References". The sample was entered as part of data submission by Eisenberg DA.

Number of Chromosomes: 182

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Eisenberg DA, Kuzawa, CW, Hayes MG "Worldwide allele frequencies of the human apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene: climate, local adaptations and evolutionary history". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143:100-11. (2010) Online citation.

- Gencik M, Dahmen N, Wieczorek S, Kasten M, Gencikova A, Epplen JT. "ApoE polymorphisms in narcolepsy.". BMC Med Genet. 2:(2001) Online citation.

Sample Name: Wiesbaden

Sample UID: SA000889Z

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German Caucasians from the area arouund Wiesbaden.

Number of Chromosomes: 194

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wiegand P, Schneider HR, Schurenkamp M, Kleiber M, Brinkmann B. "Tetranucleotide STR system D8S1132: sequencing data and population genetic comparisons". Int J Legal Med 111:180-182. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA000890R

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated Caucasians from the Rhine area (Bonn), Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 316

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Junge A, Madea B. "Validation studies and characterization of variant alleles at the short tandem repeat locus D12S391". Int J Legal Med 112:67-69. (1998)

Sample Name: Germans, Bremen

Sample UID: SA000925Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated Germans from Bremen, Germany. This sample was collected from blood banks. Ethnic origin was determined by self declaration.

Number of Chromosomes: 200

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Hou YP, Jin ZM, Li YB, Wu J, Walter H, Kido A, Prinz M. "D20S161 data for three ethnic populations and forensic validation". Int J Legal Med 112:400-402. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: Heidelberg

Sample UID: SA002095Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of men and women from Heidelberg, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 368

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Borras E, Coutelle C, Rosell A, Fernandez-Muixi F, Broch M, Crosas B, Hjelmqvist L, Lorenzo A, Gutierrez C, Santos M, Szczepanek M, Heilig M, Quattrocchi P, Farres J, Vidal F, Richart C, Mach T, Bogdal J, Jornvall H, Seitz HK, Couzigou P, Pares X "Genetic polymorphism of alcohol dehydrogenase in europeans: the ADH2*2 allele decreases the risk for alcoholism and is associated with ADH3*1". Hepatology. 31:984-9. (2000) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002129O

Sample Description:This sample consists of randomly selected German women residing in the "Rhein-Neckar-Odenwald" study region (including the eight counties of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Ludwigshafen county, Ludwigshafen City, Frankenthal, Speyer, Rhein-Neckar and Neckar-Odenwald) and the "Freiburg" study region (including the four counties of Freiburg City, Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Emmendingen and Ortenau).

Number of Chromosomes: 2762

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Chang-Claude J, Eby N, Kiechle M, Bastert G, Becher H. "Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk by age 50 among women in Germany". Cancer Causes Control. 11:687-695. (2000) Online citation.

- Lilla C, Koehler T, Kropp S, Wang-Gohrke S, Chang-Claude J. "Alcohol dehydrogenase 1B (ADH1B) genotype, alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk by age 50 years in a German case-control study". Br J Cancer. 92:2039-2041. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA003532N

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans from Munchen, Germany. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant. The study was approved by the Human Ethics Committees of the participating institutes.

Number of Chromosomes: 136

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Fujihara J, Ueki M, Yasuda T, Iida R, Soejima M, Koda Y, Kimura-Kataoka K, Kato H, Panduro A, Tongu M, Takeshita H. "Functional and Genetic Survey of All Known Single-Nucleotide Polymorphisms Within the Human Deoxyribonuclease I Gene in Wide-Ranging Ethnic Groups". DNA Cell Biol. (Epub, ahead of print) (2011) Online citation.

- Yasuda T, Ueki M, Takeshita H, Fujihara J, Kimura-Kataoka K, Iida R, Tsubota E, Soejima M, Koda Y, Kato H, Panduro A. "A biochemical and genetic study on all non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms of the gene encoding human deoxyribonuclease I potentially relevant to autoimmunity". Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 42:1216-25. (2010) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA002784V

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated, healthy volunteers from Munich, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 136

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Kitano T, Yuasa I, Yamazaki K, Nakayashiki N, Miyoshi A, Park KS, Umetsu K "Allele frequencies of a SNP and a 27-bp deletion that are the determinant of earwax type in the ABCC11 gene". Leg Med (Tokyo). 10:113-4. (2008) Online citation.

Sample Name: Southern Germany, unrelated

Sample UID: SA000192M

Sample Description:A population sample of unrelated, randomly chosen individuals originating from the southern part of Germany (n = 93).

Number of Chromosomes: 186

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Eisenbarth I, Vogel G, Krone W, Vogel W, Assum G. "An isochore transition in the NF1 gene region coincides with a switch in the extent of linkage disequilibrium". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 67:873-880. (2000) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001062J

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals from southwestern Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 272

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Poltl R, Luckenbach C, Ritter H. "The short tandem repeat locus D3S1359". Forensic Sci Int. 95:163-168. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002103G

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated male and female Germans from Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 466

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Goedde HW, Agarwal DP, Fritze G, Meier-Tackmann D, Singh S, Beckmann G, Bhatia K, Chen LZ, Fang B, Lisker R "Distribution of ADH2 and ALDH2 genotypes in different populations". Hum Genet. 88:344-6. (1992) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002859Y

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German individuals, mainly living in Northrhine-Westphalia, Germany. The donors were selected at random, irrespective of skin color, and their phenotypic data were unavailable.

Number of Chromosomes: 398

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yuasa I, Umetsu K, Harihara S, Kido A, Miyoshi A, Saitou N, Dashnyam B, Jin F, Lucotte G, Chattopadhyay PK, Henke L, Henke J. "Distribution of two Asian-related coding SNPs in the MC1R and OCA2 genes". Biochem Genet. 45:535-42. (2007) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA002860Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated German individuals, mainly living in Munich, Germany. The donors were selected at random, irrespective of skin color, and their phenotypic data were unavailable.

Number of Chromosomes: 184

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yuasa I, Umetsu K, Harihara S, Kido A, Miyoshi A, Saitou N, Dashnyam B, Jin F, Lucotte G, Chattopadhyay PK, Henke L, Henke J. "Distribution of two Asian-related coding SNPs in the MC1R and OCA2 genes". Biochem Genet. 45:535-42. (2007) Online citation.

- Yuasa I, Umetsu K, Matsusue A, Nishimukai H, Harihara S, Fukumori Y, Saitou N, Jin F, Chattopadhyay PK, Henke L, Henke J. "A Japanese-specific allele in the GALNT11 gene". Leg Med (Tokyo). 12:208-11. (2010) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA004052L

Sample Description:This sample consists of individuals of self-declared German ancestry from North-Rhine Westphalia, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 20

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Bulbul O, Filoglu G, Altuncul H, Aradas AF, Ruiz Y, Fondevila M, Phillips C, Carracedo A, Kriegel AK, Schneider PM "A SNP multiplex for the simulataneous prediction of biogeographic ancestry and pigmentaion type". Forensic science International:Genetics Supplement Series 3 e500-501. (2011)

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA004141K

Sample Description:This sample consists of German population-based controls.

Number of Chromosomes: 1908

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Birnbaum S, Ludwig KU, Reutter H, Herms S, Steffens M, Rubini M, Baluardo C, Ferrian M, Almeida de Assis N, Alblas MA, Barth S, Freudenberg J, Lauster C, Schmidt G, Scheer M, Braumann B, Bergé SJ, Reich RH, Schiefke F, Hemprich A, Pötzsch S, Steegers-Theunissen RP, Pötzsch B, Moebus S, Horsthemke B, Kramer FJ, Wienker TF, Mossey PA, Propping P, Cichon S, Hoffmann P, Knapp M, Nöthen MM, Mangold E. "Key susceptibility locus for nonsyndromic cleft lip with or without cleft palate on chromosome 8q24". Nat Genet. 41:473-7. (2009) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA000796W

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated, healthy German volunteers (men and women). Informed consent was obtained from all participants.

Number of Chromosomes: 466

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Richter B, Stegmann K, Roper B, Boddeker I, Ngo ET, Koch MC. "Interaction of folate and homocysteine pathway genotypes evaluated in susceptibility to neural tube defects (NTD) in a German population". J Hum Genet. 46:105-9. . (2001) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001130F

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals living in Southwest Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 998

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Mornhinweg E, Luckenbach C, Fimmers R, Ritter H "D3S1358: sequence analysis and gene frequency in a German population". Forensic Sci Int 95:173-178. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001971S

Sample Description:This sample consists of German individuals from the Munich area.

Number of Chromosomes: 186

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yuasa I, Umetsu K, Watanabe G, Nakamura H, Endoh M, Irizawa Y. "MATP polymorphisms in Germans and Japanese: the L374F mutation as a population marker for Caucasoids". Int J Legal Med. 118:364-366. (2004) Online citation.

Sample Name: Bremen Germany

Sample UID: SA001452M

Sample Description:This sample consists of volunteer donors from Bremen, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 192

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Liang W, Lv M, Xu Y, Liao M, Zhou B, Jia Y, Lin Z "STR Loci D19S400's allele frequency distribution in ten populations.". J Forensic Sci 50:725. (2005)

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA003122I

Sample Description:This sample consists of German women who were recruited at the Women's Hospital of the University of Bonn during prenatal visits at the outpatient clinic or during delivery. The study protocol was approved by the local ethics committee of the University of Bonn and the mothers had to give informed consent for participation in the study.

Number of Chromosomes: 68

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Prasmusinto D, Skrablin S, Hofstaetter C, Fimmers R, van der Ven K. "The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase 677 C-->T polymorphism and preeclampsia in two populations". Obstet Gynecol. 99:1085-92. (2002) Online citation.

Sample Name: Freiburg (SW Germany)

Sample UID: SA003340K

Sample Description:This sample consists of German individuals.

Note: This sample information is not fully curated. For additional information about the sample, consult the publications under "References". The sample was entered as part of data submission by Eisenberg DA.

Number of Chromosomes: 3158

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Eisenberg DA, Kuzawa, CW, Hayes MG "Worldwide allele frequencies of the human apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene: climate, local adaptations and evolutionary history". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143:100-11. (2010) Online citation.

- Orth M, Weng W, Funke H, Steinmetz A, Assmann G, Nauck M, Dierkes J, Ambrosch A, Weisgraber KH, Mahley RW, Wieland H, Luley C. "Effects of a frequent apolipoprotein E isoform, ApoE4Freiburg (Leu28-->Pro), on lipoproteins and the prevalence of coronary artery disease in whites.". Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 19:1306-15.. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germany

Sample UID: SA004118O

Sample Description:This sample is part of the EPIC study and consists of healthy men and women from Germany.

The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) is an ongoing multi-centre prospective cohort study designed to investigate the relationship between nutrition and cancer, with the potential for studying other diseases as well. The study includes participants in 23 centres located in 10 European countries.

Number of Chromosomes: 868

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Riboli E, Hunt KJ, Slimani N, Ferrari P, Norat T, Fahey M, Charrondière UR, Hémon B, Casagrande C, Vignat J, Overvad K et al. "European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): study populations and data collection". Public Health Nutr 5:1113-24. (2002) Online citation.

- Travis RC, Appleby PN, Siddiq A, Allen NE, Kaaks R, Canzian F, Feller S, Tjønneland A, Johnsen NF, Overvad K, Quirós JR, et al. "Genetic variation in the lactase gene, dairy product intake and risk for prostate cancer in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition". Int J Cancer (Epub, ahead of print) (2012) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA001826R

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy German individuals of Caucasian origin and were inhabitants from the sorrounding area of Frankfurt am Main (Germany). The individuals were volunteer blood donors from the Red Cross Blood Transfusion Center in Frankfurt am Main, staff personnel or medical students from the University Hospital Frankfurt am Main (Germany).

Number of Chromosomes: 478

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Kahles H, Ramos-Lopez E, Lange B, Zwermann O, Reincke M, Badenhoop K "Sex-specific association of PTPN22 1858T with type 1 diabetes but not with Hashimoto's thyroiditis or Addison's disease in the German population". Eur J Endocrinol. 153:895-9. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germans

Sample UID: SA003992X

Sample Description:This sample consists of Community based healthy German volunteers.

Number of Chromosomes: 670

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Rujescu D, Hartmann AM, Gonnermann C, Möller HJ, Giegling I. "M129V variation in the prion protein may influence cognitive performance". Mol Psychiatry. 8:937-41. (2003) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA003016K

Sample Description:This sample consists of Germans from Munich, Germany. Written informed consent was obtained from each participant. The study was approved by the Human Ethics Committee of each institute.

Number of Chromosomes: 182

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Ueki M, Takeshita H, Fujihara J, Iida R, Yuasa I, Kato H, Panduro A, Nakajima T, Kominato Y, Yasuda T. "Caucasian-specific allele in non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms of the gene encoding deoxyribonuclease I-like 3, potentially relevant to autoimmunity, produces an inactive enzyme". Clin Chim Acta. 407:20-4. (2009) Online citation.

Sample Name: Germany

Sample UID: SA002453O

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals from Mulheim, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 198

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Lucotte G, Mercier G. "Distribution of the CCR5 gene 32-bp deletion in Europe". J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr Hum Retrovirol. 19:174-7. (1998) Online citation.

Sample Name: German Caucasian

Sample UID: SA002136M

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy Caucasian individuals from Dresden, Germany.

Number of Chromosomes: 192

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Hinterseher I, Bergert H, Kuhlisch E, Bloomenthal A, Pilarsky Ch, Ockert D, Schellong S, Saeger HD, Krex D. "Matrix metalloproteinase 2 polymorphisms in a caucasian population with abdominal aortic aneurysm". J Surg Res. 133:121-128. (2006) Online citation.

Sample Name: German

Sample UID: SA003561P

Sample Description:This sample consists of German people from North-East coastal region of Germany. The study was approved by the ethics Committee of the University of Greifswald. All participants gave informed consent.

Number of Chromosomes: 4896

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Wolff B, Braun C, Schlüter C, Grabe HJ, Popowski K, Völzke H, Lüdemann J, John U, Cascorbi I. "Endothelial nitric oxide synthase Glu(298)-->Asp polymorphism, carotid atherosclerosis and intima-media thickness in a general population sample". Clin Sci (Lond) 109:475-81. (2005) Online citation.

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