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Population Groups of the 1000 Genomes Project

The subpopulations of the 1000 Genomes Project are given in Tab. 2 and the locations, where the individuals reside, are shown on the map in Fig. 36.


Table 2: Overview of population groups of the 1000 Genomes Project.
Pop #Ind Grp Location
ASW 122 AFR Americans with African ancestry from SW US
YRI 176 AFR Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigeria
LWK 194 AFR Luhya from Webuye, Kenya
CLM 120 AMR Colombians in Medellin, Colombia
MXL 132 AMR Mexicans from Los Angeles, California
PUR 110 AMR Puerto Ricans
CEU 170 EUR Utah residents with ancestry from northern and western Europe
FIN 186 EUR Finnish
GBR 178 EUR British from England and Scotland
IBS 28 EUR Iberians from Spain
TSI 196 EUR Toscani in Italy
CHB 194 ASN Han Chinese from Beijing
CHS 200 ASN Han Chinese from South
JPT 178 ASN Japanese from Tokyo, Japan
The column labeled ``Pop'' gives the population, ``#Ind'' reports the number of individuals, ``Grp'' gives the continental group, and ``Location'' the location from where the individuals stem.

Figure 36: Map indicating the locations of the populations the 1000 Genomes Project phase I (click image to enlarge). Figure taken from (2).
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Sepp Hochreiter 2013-11-13