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 NameSample NameALFRED UIDNumber of Chromosomes
TibetanTibetanSA004302J200

Relation to Other Samples: 
Estimated heterozygosities for various sites: 
Sample Description: This sample was collected from Lhasa city in the Xizang autonomous region (Southwest China). They are an ethnic minority in China. Tibetan live in a region of Eastern Asia including Xizang, Sichuan, Yunnan, Qinghai and Gansu Provinces in China and represent the one of the five larger minority in China. The Tibetan is Tibeto-Burman speakers, a language belonging to the Sino-Tibetan language family. This sample was obtained anonymously through local physicians and with consent of the participants.
References:
- Pakstis AJ , Haigh E, Cherni L, Ben Ammar ElGaaied A, Barton A, Evsanaa B, Togtokh A, Brissenden J, Roscoe J, Bulbul O, Filoglu G, Gurkan C, Meiklejohn KA, Robertson JM, Li,C.-X. Wei Y.-L., Li H,Soundararajan U,Rajeevan H, Kidd JR, Kidd KK "52 additional reference population samples for the 55 AISNP panel". Forensic Science International: Genetics 269-271. (2015) Online citation.


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