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.

Sample Information:

Population NameSample NameALFRED UIDNumber of Chromosomes
BrazilianMixed Europeans, BrazilSA000206I300

Relation to Other Samples: 
Estimated heterozygosities for various sites: 
Sample Description: 150 unrelated descendants of Europeans (mainly of Portuguese, German, or Italian ancestry, who served as controls in the studies of blood coagulation and showed no morphological signs of interethnic admixture) living in Porto Alegre, capital of Brazil's southernmost state.
References:
- Simon D, Bandinelli E, Roisenberg I. "Von Willebrand factor gene polymorphisms in three Brazilian ethnic groups". Hum. Biol. 72:1055-1063. (2000) Online citation.


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Originally prototyped by Michael Osier with the aid of Kei Cheung
Upgrades and maintenance since 2002 by Haseena Rajeevan