Sample Name: Black South Africans

Sample UID: SA003954V

Sample Description:This sample consists of Black South Africans.

Number of Chromosomes: 522

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Chelule PK, Pegoraro RJ, Gqaleni N, Dutton MF. "The frequency of cytochrome P450 2E1 polymorphisms in Black South Africans". Dis Markers. 22:351-4. (2006) Online citation.

Sample Name: Northwest province blacks

Sample UID: SA003302I

Sample Description:This sample consists of Northwest province blacks, South Africa.

Note: This sample information is not fully curated. For additional information about the sample, consult the publications under "References". The sample was entered as part of data submission by Eisenberg DA.

Number of Chromosomes: 200

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Eisenberg DA, Kuzawa, CW, Hayes MG "Worldwide allele frequencies of the human apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene: climate, local adaptations and evolutionary history". American Journal of Physical Anthropology 143:100-11. (2010) Online citation.

- Loktionov A, Vorster H, O'Neill IK, Nell T, Bingham SA, Runswick SA, Cummings JH. "Apolipoprotein E and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genetic polymorphisms in relation to other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in UK Caucasians and Black South Africans". Atherosclerosis. 145:125-35. (1999) Online citation.

Sample Name: Mixed Ancestry

Sample UID: SA004127O

Sample Description:This sample consists of mixed ancestry (commonly referred to as "coloured") subjects from South Africa. The coloured subjects are the result of intermarriages between races including Black Africans, Western Europeans, the Khoisan, Indonesians and Malaysians who settled in the Cape from the middle of the 17th Century.

Number of Chromosomes: 124

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Torniainen S, Parker MI, Holmberg V, Lahtela E, Dandara C, Jarvela I. "Screening of variants for lactase persistence/non-persistence in populations from South Africa and Ghana". BMC Genet. 10:(2009) Online citation.

Sample Name: South African

Sample UID: SA002070J

Sample Description:This sample consists of individuals of Khoisan-Caucasian mixed ancestry from Cape Town and the surrounding rural areas. Samples were provided by the Western Province Blood Transfusion Service.

Number of Chromosomes: 356

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Viljoen DL, Carr LG, Foroud TM, Brooke L, Ramsay M, Li TK. "Alcohol dehydrogenase-2*2 allele is associated with decreased prevalence of fetal alcohol syndrome in the mixed-ancestry population of the Western Cape Province, South Africa". Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 25:1719-22.. (2001) Online citation.

Sample Name: South African

Sample UID: SA003555S

Sample Description:This sample consists of South African "Coloured" population group who have San, Khoi, Madagscan, Javanese and European ancestry. "The admixture events occurred multiple generations ago and the Coloured group is an established population in South Africa".

Number of Chromosomes: 168

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Hillermann R, Carelse K, Gebhardt GS. "The Glu298Asp variant of the endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene is associated with an increased risk for abruptio placentae in pre-eclampsia". J Hum Genet. 50:415-9. (2005) Online citation.

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