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
Peruvian Amerindians Monte CarmeloSA003525P30

Relation to Other Samples: 
Estimated heterozygosities for various sites: 
Sample Description: This sample consists of Peruvian Native Americans from the region of Cusco and belonging to the communities of Monte Carmelo from the Mastiguenga linguistic group.These communities are settled between the eastern slope of the Andes and the Amazon tropical forest (in the region called High Forest or "Selva Alta").
References:
- Silva MC, Zuccherato LW, Soares-Souza GB, Vieira ZM, Cabrera L, Herrera P, Balqui J, Romero C, Jahuira H, Gilman RH, Martins ML, Tarazona-Santos E. "Development of two multiplex mini-sequencing panels of ancestry informative SNPs for studies in Latin Americans: an application to populations of the State of Minas Gerais (Brazil)". Genet Mol Res. 9:2069-85. (2010) Online citation.


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