ALFRED: allele frequency database

The ALlele FREquency Database
ALFRED is a resource of gene frequency data on human populations
supported by the Yale Center for Medical Informatics.

Sample Information:

Population Name	Sample Name	ALFRED UID	Number of Chromosomes
Urak Lawoi	Thai-Mai	SA003511K	130

Relation to Other Samples:
Estimated heterozygosities for various sites:

Sample Description: This sample consists of unrelated individuals of the Thai-Mai who are called 'sea gypsies' in Thailand. People in the Rawai village are minority ethnic people known as the Thai-Mai, which are composed of two groups, Urak Lawoi and Moken. They are also called 'sea gypsies' because of their past nomadic mode of life on the ocean.
References:
- Fujimoto A, Kimura R, Ohashi J, Omi K, Yuliwulandari R, Batubara L, Mustofa MS, Samakkarn U, Settheetham-Ishida W, Ishida T, Morishita Y, Furusawa T, Nakazawa M, Ohtsuka R, Tokunaga K. "A scan for genetic determinants of human hair morphology: EDAR is associated with Asian hair thickness". Hum Mol Genet. 17:835-43. (2008) Online citation.

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