Sample Name: Ye'Kuana Village

Sample UID: SA001646R

Sample Description:This sample consists of individuals living in the Ye'Kuana Village, Venezuela.

Number of Chromosomes: 28

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yoshiura KI et al. "A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type.". Nat Genet. 38:324-330. (2006) Online citation.

Sample Name: San Jose de Heras

Sample UID: SA001984W

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals of both sexes from "San Jose de Heras" located at the south of Maracaibo Lake. It is a Negroid population derived from Africans brought to America during the Conquest.

Number of Chromosomes: 94

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Zabala Fernandez WM, Borjas-Fajardo L, Fernandez Salgado E, Castillo C, Socca L, Portillo MG, Sanchez MA, Delgado W, Morales-Machin A, Layrisse Z, Pineda Bernal L. "Use of short tandem repeats loci to study the genetic structure of several populations from Zulia State, Venezuela". Am J Hum Biol. 17:451-459. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: Isla de Toas

Sample UID: SA001983V

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated indidivuals of both sexes from "Isla de Toas" located at the northern part of Lake Maracaibo. It has a large Caucasoid component with a small contribution of Amerindian and African stocks.

Number of Chromosomes: 232

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Zabala Fernandez WM, Borjas-Fajardo L, Fernandez Salgado E, Castillo C, Socca L, Portillo MG, Sanchez MA, Delgado W, Morales-Machin A, Layrisse Z, Pineda Bernal L. "Use of short tandem repeats loci to study the genetic structure of several populations from Zulia State, Venezuela". Am J Hum Biol. 17:451-459. (2005) Online citation.

Sample Name: Sanuma Village

Sample UID: SA001661O

Sample Description:This sample consists of individuals from the Sanuma Village, Venezuela.

Number of Chromosomes: 36

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Yoshiura KI et al. "A SNP in the ABCC11 gene is the determinant of human earwax type.". Nat Genet. 38:324-330. (2006) Online citation.

Sample Name: Venezuela

Sample UID: SA003111G

Sample Description:This sample consists of controls from the Cumana region of north coastal Venezuela.

Number of Chromosomes: 276

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Sözen MA, Tolarova MM, Spritz RA "The common MTHFR C677T and A1298C variants are not associated with the risk of non-syndromic cleft lip/palate in northern Venezuela". J Genet Genomics. 36:283-8. (2009) Online citation.

Sample Name: Venezuelan

Sample UID: SA001037L

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated subjects from Caracas City (Venezuela). 206 of the subjects with four grandparents born in Venezuela and 49 randomly samples regardless of the origin of grandparents. Informed consent was required.

Number of Chromosomes: 510

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Chiurillo MA, Morales A, Mendes AM, Lander N, Tovar F, Fuentes A, Ramirez JL "Genetic profiling of a central Venezuelan population using 15 STR markers that may be of forensic importance ". Forensic Sci Int 136:99-101. (2003)

Sample Name: Maracaibo

Sample UID: SA001982U

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated indidvuals of both sexes from Maracaibo, the largest city located on the Western coast of Lake Maracaibo (Venezuela).

Number of Chromosomes: 246

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Zabala Fernandez WM, Borjas-Fajardo L, Fernandez Salgado E, Castillo C, Socca L, Portillo MG, Sanchez MA, Delgado W, Morales-Machin A, Layrisse Z, Pineda Bernal L. "Use of short tandem repeats loci to study the genetic structure of several populations from Zulia State, Venezuela". Am J Hum Biol. 17:451-459. (2005) Online citation.

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