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. 2000 Jan 1;28(1):361-3.
doi: 10.1093/nar/28.1.361.

ALFRED: an allele frequency database for diverse populations and DNA polymorphisms

K H Cheung  1 , M V Osier, J R Kidd, A J Pakstis, P L Miller, K K Kidd
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ALFRED: an allele frequency database for diverse populations and DNA polymorphisms

K H Cheung et al. Nucleic Acids Res. .

Abstract

We have developed a publicly accessible database (ALFRED, the ALlele FREquency Database) that catalogues allele frequency data for a wide range of population samples and DNA polymorphisms. This database is web-accessible through our laboratory (Kidd Lab) Web site: http://info.med.yale.edu/genetics/kkidd. ALFRED currently contains data on 60 populations and 156 genetic systems including single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), short tandem repeat polymorphisms (STRPs), variable number of tandem repeats (VNTRs) and insertion-deletion polymorphisms. While data are not available for all population-DNA polymorphism combinations, over 2000 allele frequency tables have been entered. Our database is designed (i) to address our specific research requirements as well as broader scientific objectives; (ii) to allow researchers and interested educators to easily navigate and retrieve data of interest to them; and (iii) to integrate links to other related public databases such as dbSNP, GenBank and PubMed.

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