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
GuihibaPO000055KGUAHIBOGuahiban

Synonyms: Guahibo ;
Geographic Location1:  6.5N, 72W; 5N, 67W  
Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: Ethnologue: Language Map Record    Ethnologue: Language Description Record     Hiwi (Guahiba) Record    
References: See references
Population Description: The Guahibo (Hiwi) Indians, a traditional nomadic hunter-gatherering group, number about 15,000 in Columbia. They call themselves the "people of the savannah" for the vast flatlands they inhabit between the Meta and Vichada rivers in Columbia. In Venezuela, the Guahibo live in the states of Apure, Guarico, Bolivar, and Amazonas. Their long history of violent conflict has extended well into the twentieth century and has forced dramatic changes in their traditional way of life. Today, when the Guahibo visit criollo towns, they wear European-style clothing. However, in their own villages, many continue to wear traditional loincloths made of cloth or of a vegetable bark called marima.
References:
- Bernal JE, Duran C, Briceno I, Zarante I, Hernandez A. "HLA antigens (A, B. C and D) among two groups of Guahiboan speaking Indians in Colombia: results of 'Expedicion humana'". International Journal of Anthropology 10:209-12. (1995)

- Morey NC, Morey RV, Metzger DJ. "Guahibo band organization". Antropologica. 36:83-95.. (1973)

- Morey RV. "Guahibo linguistic classifications". Anthropological Linguistics 11:16-23. (1969)

- Wilbert J. "The Sanema". Caracas: Fundacion La Salle de Ciencias Naturales (1963) Online citation.


Sample Information:

Graph estimated heterozygosities for various sites

Sample Name: Guahibo

Sample UID: SA000624M

Sample Description:This sample was collected from unrelated Guahibo, Amerindians from southern Colombia.

Number of Chromosomes: 34

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: Guihiba speakers

Sample UID: SA000055K

Sample Description:Guihiba speakers collected from Guaripa village, Colombia and collected by H. Groot in 1988.

Number of Chromosomes: 24

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Chang FM, Kidd JR, Livak KJ, Pakstis AJ, Kidd KK. "The world-wide distribution of allele frequencies at the human dopamine D4 receptor locus". Hum. Genet. 98:91-101. (1996) Online citation.

- Tishkoff SA, Goldman A, Calafell F, Speed WC, Deinard AS, Bonne-Tamir B, Kidd JR, Pakstis AJ, Jenkins T, Kidd KK. "A global haplotype analysis of the myotonic dystrophy locus: implications for the evolution of modern humans and for the origin of myotonic dystrophy mutations". Am. J. Hum. Genet. 62:1389-402. (1998) 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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