What do the population codes for human allele frequencies mean?
In views like Population genetics in the variation tab, you may find three letter codes for populations.
These come from the HapMap project, and/or the 1000 Genomes project.
The following table describes the population codes, and shows which populations are grouped into super populations.
| Population Code | Description | Super Population Code |
| CHB | Han Chinese in Bejing, China |
EAS |
| JPT | Japanese in Tokyo, Japan | EAS |
| CHS | Southern Han Chinese | EAS |
| CDX | Chinese Dai in Xishuanagbanna, China |
EAS |
| KHV | Kinh in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam | EAS |
| CEU |
Utah Residents (CEPH) with Northern and Western European ancestry |
EUR |
| TSI | Toscani in Italia | EUR |
| FIN | Finnish in Finland | EUR |
| GBR | British in England and Scotland | EUR |
| IBS | Iberian population in Spain | EUR |
| YRI | Yoruba in Ibadan, Nigera |
AFR |
| LWK | Luhya in Webuye, Kenya |
AFR |
| MAG | Mandinka in The Gambia | AFR |
| MSL | Mende in Sierra Leone |
AFR |
| ESN | Esan in Nigera |
AFR |
| ASW | American's of African Ancestry in SW USA |
AFR |
| ACB | African Carribean in Barbados |
AFR |
| MXL | Mexican Ancestry from Los Angeles USA |
AMR |
| PUR | Puerto Rican from Puerto Rica | AMR |
| CLM | Colombian from Medellian, Colombia | AMR |
| PEL | Peruvian from Lima, Peru |
AMR |
| GIH | Gujarati Indian from Houston, Texas |
SAS |
| PJL | Punjabi from Lahore, Pakistan |
SAS |
| BEB | Bengali from Bangladesh |
SAS |
| STU | Sri Lankan Tamil from the UK |
SAS |
| ITU | Indian Telugu from the UK |
SAS |
These populations have been divided into 5 super populations
- AFR, African
- AMR, Ad Mixed American
- EAS, East Asian
- EUR, European
- SAS, South Asian
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