ALFRED: allele frequency database
      The ALlele FREquency Database   
ALFRED is a resource of gene frequency data on human populations
supported by the U. S. National Science Foundation.
ALFRED detailed record information

Population Information

NameALFRED UIDPrimary LanguageLanguage Family
Moor, Sri LankaPO000388T

Synonyms:
Geographic Location1:  10N, 79.5E; 6N, 82E  

Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: 
References: See references
Population Description: Being curated
References:


Sample Information:

Graph estimated heterozygosities for various sites

Sample Name: Moor

Sample UID: SA000633M

Sample Description:This sample was collected from unrelated individuals belonging to the Moor ethnic group in Sri Lanka.

Number of Chromosomes: 102

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Antunez-de-Mayolo G, Antunez-de-Mayolo A, Antunez-de-Mayolo P, Papiha SS, Hammer M, Yunis JJ, Yunis EJ, Damodaran C, de Pancorbo MM, Caeiro JL, Puzyrev VP, Herrera RJ. "Phylogenetics of worldwide human populations as determined by polymorphic Alu insertions". Electrophoresis 23:3346-3356. (2002) Online citation.


Sample Information:

Graph estimated heterozygosities for various sites

Sample Name: Srilankan Moor

Sample UID: SA003072M

Sample Description:This sample consists of SriLankan Moor subjects recruited from Colombo, Sri Lanka between August 2001 and January 2003. All Subjects gave written informed consent to participate and the study was carried out in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki of the World Medical Association. The study was approved by the Ethics Review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Colombo.

Number of Chromosomes: 160

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Dissanayake VH, Weerasekera LY, Gammulla CG, Jayasekara RW. "Prevalence of genetic thrombophilic polymorphisms in the Sri Lankan population--implications for association study design and clinical genetic testing services". Exp Mol Pathol. 87:159-62. (2009) Online citation.


1Geographic Coordinates represent two opposite corners of a rectangle encompassing the area where the population lives.This data is preliminary and changing.

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