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
BrazilianAfricans, BrazilSA003544Q198

Relation to Other Samples: 
Estimated heterozygosities for various sites: 
Sample Description: This sample consists of self-identified African descents from general population selected using the Hearts of Brazil Project (HBP). The study protocol was approved by the involved Institutional Ethics Committees and National Ethic Committee for Human Research and written informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to entering the study.
References:
- Santos PC, Soares RA, Santos DG, Nascimento RM, Coelho GL, Nicolau JC, Mill JG, Krieger JE, Pereira AC. "CYP2C19 and ABCB1 gene polymorphisms are differently distributed according to ethnicity in the Brazilian general population". BMC Med Genet 12:13. (2011) Online citation.


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Originally prototyped by Michael Osier with the aid of Kei Cheung
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