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

NameALFRED UIDPrimary LanguageLanguage Family
ShonaPO000866U

Synonyms:
Geographic Location1:  15S, 25E; 24S, 40E  
Sites typed for this population: View List
Population Samples: See Sample Information
External Resources: 
References: See references
Population Description: Being curated
References:

Sample Information:

Graph estimated heterozygosities for various sites

Sample Name: Shona

Sample UID: SA003183P

Sample Description:his sample consists of Shona individuals. The study was carried out according to the Declaration of Helsinki (2000)of the World Medical Association. Informed consent was obtained from all individuals. Ethnicity was assigned based on the submission that parents and grandparents of the volunteers were of the same self-identified ethnic group. The DNA of these samples are stored in the AiBST Biobank of African Populations.

Number of Chromosomes: 46

Relation to Other Samples:

References:
- Matimba A, Del-Favero J, Van Broeckhoven C, Masimirembwa C "Novel variants of major drug-metabolising enzyme genes in diverse African populations and their predicted functional effects". Hum Genomics. 3:169-90. (2009) 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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