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

Name	ALFRED UID	Primary Language	Language Family
Wayuu	PO000123G	WAYUU	Arawakan

Synonyms:
Geographic Location¹: 12.5N, 73.5W; 10.5N, 71W

Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: Cultura Wayuu Record Ethnologue: Language Map Record Aspectos demograficos Record Ethnologue: Language Description Record
References: See references
Population Description: The Wayuu (Guajiro), an indigenous tribe of approximately 305,000 (1995 Ethnologue), live in the desert area of northeast Columbia and Venezualia in the Guajira Peninsula on the Caribbean coast. (the northernmost point in South America). This group lives by raising sheep, farming, and hunting. Due to fact that they live in the desert the Wayuu are susceptible to extreme environmental circumstances.
References:

Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Wayuu

Sample UID: SA000256N

Sample Description:The Wayuu live in the desert habitat of the Guajira peninsula in the northeast of Colombia.

Number of Chromosomes: 86

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Mitchell RJ, Federle L, Sofro AS, Papiha SS, Briceno I, Bernal JE. "Further data on the microsatellite locus D12S67 in worldwide populations: an unusual distribution of D12S67 alleles in Native Americans". Hum. Biol. 72:697-705. (2000) Online citation.

Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Wayuu

Sample UID: SA001211F

Sample Description:This sample consists of randomly selected Colombian Amerinds in South America from Wayuu group on the Atlantic coast.

Number of Chromosomes: 202

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Shimizu K, Hashimoto T, Harihara S, Tajima K, Sonoda S, Zaninovic V. "Beta-globin gene haplotype characteristics of Colombian Amerinds in South America". Hum Hered. 51:54-63. (2001) Online citation.

Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Way�u

Sample UID: SA004076R

Sample Description:These sample consists of individuals from Way�u Amerindian population. This sample is of unrelated individuals. The assignation of this population was with a genealogical criterion of 3 generations earlier belonged to the community. The sampling was carried out at hospitals in the munipalities of Riohacha, Maicao and Uribia and in some Way�u villages (Rancherias). Way�u lives in La Guajira peninsula (10�23' and 12�28' north latitude, 71�06' and 73�39' W) in the northern of Colombia. Their language is called Wayuunaiki; part of the Arawak language family. This sample was collected by Grupo de Gen�tica de Poblaciones e Identificaci�n-Universidad Nacional de Colombia.

Number of Chromosomes: 244

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Rojas MY, Alonso LA, Sarmiento VA, Eljach LY, Usaqu�n W "Substructure Analysis of La Guajira-Colombia population: A Genetic, Demographic and Genealogical Overview". Manuscript submitted (2012)

- Sarmiento VA, Alonso LA, Eljach LY, Rojas MY, Sierra WU, Usaqu�n W "Data on allele frequency for 15 microsatellites of the human population in the Department of La Guajira (Colombia)". Manuscript Submitted (2012)

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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