International HapMap Project

Name of repository

International HapMap Project

Additional name(s)

• 国际人类基因组单体型图计划
• Le projet international HapMap
• 国際 HapMap 計画
• Asepọ HapMap ti Gbogbo Agbaye

Repository URL

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/variation/news/NCBI_retiring_HapMap/

Subject(s)

• Life Sciences
• Biology
• Basic Research in Biology and Medicine
• General Genetics and Functional Genome Biology
• Medicine
• Medicine
• Human Genetics

Description

<<<!!!<<< OFFLINE >>>!!!>>> A recent computer security audit has revealed security flaws in the legacy HapMap site that require NCBI to take it down immediately. We regret the inconvenience, but we are required to do this. That said, NCBI was planning to decommission this site in the near future anyway (although not quite so suddenly), as the 1,000 genomes (1KG) project has established itself as a research standard for population genetics and genomics. NCBI has observed a decline in usage of the HapMap dataset and website with its available resources over the past five years and it has come to the end of its useful life. The International HapMap Project is a multi-country effort to identify and catalog genetic similarities and differences in human beings. Using the information in the HapMap, researchers will be able to find genes that affect health, disease, and individual responses to medications and environmental factors. The Project is a collaboration among scientists and funding agencies from Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, China, Nigeria, and the United States. All of the information generated by the Project will be released into the public domain. The goal of the International HapMap Project is to compare the genetic sequences of different individuals to identify chromosomal regions where genetic variants are shared. By making this information freely available, the Project will help biomedical researchers find genes involved in disease and responses to therapeutic drugs. In the initial phase of the Project, genetic data are being gathered from four populations with African, Asian, and European ancestry. Ongoing interactions with members of these populations are addressing potential ethical issues and providing valuable experience in conducting research with identified populations. Public and private organizations in six countries are participating in the International HapMap Project. Data generated by the Project can be downloaded with minimal constraints. The Project officially started with a meeting in October 2002 (https://www.genome.gov/10005336/) and is expected to take about three years.

Contact(s)

• administrative: hapmap-help@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Keyword(s)

• DNA
• SNPs, Single nucleotide polymorphisms
• biology
• diseases
• genetic variants
• genetics
• haplotypes
• human genome
• medicine
• patterns of polymorphism

Persistent identifier(s) of the repository

• RRID:SCR_002846
• RRID:nif-0000-02940
• other:OMICS_00273

Repository type(s)

• disciplinary

Mission statement for designated community

http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/thehapmap.html.en

Research data repository language(s)

• English
• Chinese
• French
• Japanese
• Yoruba

Data and/or service provider

• dataProvider