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Expanding the forensic German mitochondrial DNA control region database: genetic diversity as a function of sample size and microgeography.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Jan 1999
Pfeiffer H, Brinkmann B, Hühne J, Rolf B, Morris A A, Steighner R, Holland M M, Forster P
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA control region sequences were determined in 109 unrelated German Caucasoid individuals from north west Germany for both hypervariable regions 1 (HV1) and 2 (HV2) and 100 polymorphic nucleotide positions (nps) were found, 63 in HV1 and 37 in HV2. A total of 100 different mtDNA lineages was revealed, of which 7 were shared by 2 individuals and 1 by 3 individuals. The probability of drawing a HV1...
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