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
Huilliche	PO000174M	HUILLICHE	Araucanian

Synonyms:
Geographic Location¹: 39.5S, 74W; 41.5S, 72W

Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: Ethnologue: Language Description Record Ethnologue: Language Map Record
References: See references
Population Description: The Huilliche indigenous group (Velches, Huilliche) or "People of the South" is a geographical categorization of people who used to be part of the Mapuche Nation who now live between the Tolten River and the Chacoa Channel in the Monte Verde forests of the Nahuel Huapi National Park in the southeastern portion of Chile. This group's economy is primarily based on agriculture, fruits, and tending cattle. The Huilliche language is part of the Araucanian linguistic family. However, according to the Ethnologue, the Huilliche language is more often used as a second language amongst family and friends in ceremonies; Spanish, an Indo-European language, is now, more-often used as the primary language. As of 1982 there were "several thousand speakers" of the Huilliche language (Ethnologue, 1982 SIL R. Croese). One of the main obstacles that the Huilliche have faced since the 1900s, is the exploitation of forests and water resources in the areas where they live.
References:
- Delano P, Larranaga L. "Estrategias de desarrollo: vision de un grupo etnico huilliche". Cultura, hombre, sociedad: revista de ciencias sociales y humanas 3:81-96. (1986)

Sample Information:

Graph estimated heterozygosities for various sites

Sample Name: Huilliche

Sample UID: SA000260I

Sample Description:The Huilliche sample from the Pampa- Patagonia region in San Juan de la Costa, Chile was provided by Francisco R. Carnese, from the Instituto de Ciencias Anthropolgicas, University of Bueno Aires, and Francisco Rothhammer, from the Departmento do Biologia Celular y Genetica, University of Chile.

Number of Chromosomes: 50

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Tourret MN, Catanesi CI, Vidal-Rioja L. "Variability of the F13B Locus in South American Populations". Hum. Biol. 72:707-714. (2000) 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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