Allele Frequency Net -- Allele Frequencies in Worldwide Populations database

URL:
http://www.allelefrequencies.net/
What you can do:
Find information about allele frequencies from different polymorphic areas in the human genome.
Highlights:
  • The allele frequency net database is an online repository that contains information on the frequencies of immune genes and their corresponding alleles in different populations.
  • At present, the system contains data from 1133 populations in 608,813 individuals on the frequency of genes from different polymorphic regions such as human leukocyte antigens, killer-cell immunoglobulin-like receptors, major histocompatibility complex Class I chain-related genes and a number of cytokine gene polymorphisms.
  • The project was designed to create a central source for the storage of frequency data and provide individuals with a set of bioinformatics tools to analyze the occurrence of these variants in worldwide populations.
  • The resource has been used in a wide variety of contexts, including clinical applications (histocompatibility, immunology, epidemiology and pharmacogenetics) and population genetics.
  • Demographic information, frequency data and searching tools can be freely accessed through the website.
Keywords:
  • population genetics
  • allele frequency
  • gene frequency
  • immune system
  • immunity genes
Literature & Tutorials:
PubMed Link: Allele frequency net: a database and online repository for immune gene frequencies in worldwide populations.
This record last updated: 06-14-2011
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