ALFRED
      The ALlele FREquency Database   
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
FinnsPO000018JFINNISHFinno-Ugric

Synonyms:
Geographic Location1:  75N, 20E; 60N, 35E  

Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: Ethnologue: Language Description Record    Rosetta Project: Language Overview Record    Encarta: Country Description Record    Ethnologue: Country Description Record    Ethnologue: Language Map Record    
References: See references
Population Description: Ethnic Finns make up more than 90% of Finland's 5,000,000 people. The ancestors of the Finnish people came to Finland at least 2000 years ago, gradually spreading out from the southern part of the country. These Finnish tribes were conquered by the Swedes during the 12th century and Finland became a Swedish possession until 1809, when it ceded to Russia, who ruled it until 1917. During most of this period Finland was composed of a large population of Finnish-speaking farmers ruled by a much smaller Swedish-speaking nobility. The Finnish language, spoken by more than 93% of Finland's population, is part of the Finno-Ugric branch of the Uralic language family along with Estonian, Lapp, and a number of smaller languages.
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Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finns

Sample UID: SA001718R

Sample Description:This sample consists of paternally unrelated men from Finland.

Number of Chromosomes: 154

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References:
- Nadkarni NA, Weale ME, von Schantz M, Thomas MG. "Evolution of a length polymorphism in the human PER3 gene, a component of the circadian system". J Biol Rhythms. 20:490-499. (2005) Online citation.


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Sample Name: Finn

Sample UID: SA002100D

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated male and female Finns from Finland.

Number of Chromosomes: 170

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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.


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Sample Name: Finns

Sample UID: SA002482Q

Sample Description:This sample consists of Finns.

Number of Chromosomes: 380

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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 Information:

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Sample Name: Finn

Sample UID: SA001974V

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy Finnish individuals (78 males, mean age 37 years, 91 females, mean age of 36 years).

Number of Chromosomes: 338

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References:
- Antikainen M, Murtomaki S, Syvanne M, Pahlman R, Tahvanainen E, Jauhiainen M, Frick MH, Ehnholm C. "The Gln-Arg191 polymorphism of the human paraoxonase gene (HUMPONA) is not associated with the risk of coronary artery disease in Finns". J Clin Invest. 98:883-885. (1996) Online citation.


Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finland, Helsinki

Sample UID: SA002701K

Sample Description:This sample consists of specimens from newborns in the major maternity hospital in Finland, The Helsinki University hsopital. Sampling were restricted to babies whose parents were both Finns. Specimens consisted of the remainder of umbilical blood. This study was conducted under the auspices of the International Clearinghouse for Birth Defect Monitoring Systems (ICBDMS) and was coordinated through its head office, the International Center on Birth Defects. Local review boards approved the study.In all cases personal identifiers were removed before data were provided to ICBD for epidemiological analysis.

Number of Chromosomes: 1090

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References:
- Wilcken B, Bamforth F, Li Z, Zhu H, Ritvanen A, Renlund M, Stoll C, Alembik Y, Dott B, Czeizel AE, Gelman-Kohan Z, Scarano G, Bianca S, Ettore G, Tenconi R, Bellato S, Scala I, Mutchinick OM, López MA, de Walle H, Hofstra R, Joutchenko L, Kavteladze L, Bermejo E, Martínez-Frías ML, Gallagher M, Erickson JD, Vollset SE, Mastroiacovo P, Andria G, Botto LD. "Geographical and ethnic variation of the 677C>T allele of 5,10 methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR): findings from over 7000 newborns from 16 areas world wide". J Med Genet. 40:619-25.. (2003) Online citation.


Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finnish

Sample UID: SA000725O

Sample Description:This sample consists of healthy, unrelated men and women from Finland. The majority of the individuals are from two semi-rural communities (Kitee and Tohmajarvi) in North Karelia, Finland.

Number of Chromosomes: 236

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References:
- Dunning AM, Renges HH, Xu CF, Peacock R, Brasseur R, Laxer G, Tikkanen MJ, Butler R, Saha N, Hamsten A, et al. "Two amino acid substitutions in apolipoprotein B are in complete allelic association with the antigen group (x/y) polymorphism: evidence for little recombination in the 3' end of the human gene". Am J Hum Genet. 50:208-21. . (1992) Online citation.

- Kuusi T, Ehnholm C, Huttunen JK, Kostiainen E, Pietinen P, Leino U, Uusitalo U, Nikkari T, Iacono JM, Puska P. "Concentration and composition of serum lipoproteins during a low-fat diet at two levels of polyunsaturated fat". J Lipid Res. 26:360-7. (1985) Online citation.


Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finns

Sample UID: SA000018J

Sample Description:Ethnic Finns from several different parts of Finland (not of Swedish origin). Collected by L. Peltonen (National Public Health Institute, Helsinki).

Number of Chromosomes: 72

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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.

- Chang FM, Kidd KK "Rapid molecular haplotyping of the first exon of the human dopamine D4 receptor gene by hetroduplex analysis". American Journal of Medical Genetics (Neuropsychiatric Genetics) 74:91-4. (1997) Online citation.

- Kang AM, Palmatier MA, Kidd KK. "Global variation of a 40-bp VNTR in the 3'-untranslated region of the dopamine transporter gene (SLC6A3)". Biological Psychiatry 46:151-60. (1999) Online citation.

- Kidd KK et al. http://info.med.yale.edu/genetics/kkidd/pops.html

- Kidd KK, Morar B, Castiglione CM, Zhao H, Pakstis AJ, Speed WC, Bonne-Tamir B, Lu RB, Goldman D, Lee C, Nam YS, Grandy DK, Jenkins T, Kidd JR. "A global survey of haplotype frequencies and linkage disequilibrium at the DRD2 locus". Hum. Genet. 103:211-27. (1998) Online citation.

- Mateu E, Calafell F, Bonne-Tamir B, Kidd JR, Casals T, Kidd KK, Bertranpetit J. "Allele Frequencies in a Worldwide Survey of a CA Repeat in the First Intron of the CFTR Gene". Human Heredity 49:15-20. (1999) Online citation.

- Palmatier MA, Kang AM, Kidd KK. "Global variation in the frequencies of functionally different catechol-O-methyltransferase alleles". Biol. Psychiatry. 46:557-67. (1999) Online citation.

- Tishkoff SA, Dietzsch E, Speed W, Pakstis AJ, Cheung K, Kidd JR, Bonne-Tamir B, Santachiara-Benerecetti AS, Moral P, Watson E, Krings M, Paabo S, Risch N, Jenkins T, Kidd KK. "Global patterns of linkage disequilibrium at the CD4 locus and modern human origins". Science 271:1380-7. (1996) Online citation.

- Tishkoff SA, Ruano G, Kidd JR, Kidd KK. "Distribution and frequency of a polymorphic Alu insertion at the plasminogen activator locus in humans". Hum. Genet. 97:759-64. (1996) Online citation.


Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finnish

Sample UID: SA000946T

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated Finnish individuals from the Department of Immunobiology at the National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, Finland.

Number of Chromosomes: 6774

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References:
- Rostedt I, Lalu K, Lukka M, Sajantila A. "Genotyping of five short tandem repeat loci via triplex and duplex PCR. ". Forensic Sci Int. 82:217-26. (1996) Online citation.


Sample Information:

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Sample Name: Finns

Sample UID: SA001856U

Sample Description:This sample consists of unrelated individuals from Helsinki, Finland.

Number of Chromosomes: 196

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References:
- Libert F, Cochaux P, Beckman G, Samson M, Aksenova M, Cao A, Czeizel A, Claustres M, de la Rua C, Ferrari M, Ferrec C, Glover G, Grinde B, Guran S, Kucinskas V, Lavinha J, Mercier B, Ogur G, Peltonen L, Rosatelli C, Schwartz M, Spitsyn V, Timar L, Beckman L, Parmentier M, Vassart G "The deltaccr5 mutation conferring protection against HIV-1 in Caucasian populations has a single and recent origin in Northeastern Europe". Hum Mol Genet. 7:399-406.. (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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Originally prototyped by Michael Osier with the aid of Kei Cheung
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