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Characterization of human control region sequences for Spanish individuals in a forensic mtDNA data set.
Legal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) - 1 Nov 2007
Alvarez J Carlos, Johnson Diana L E, Lorente Jose A, Martinez-Espin Esther, Martinez-Gonzalez Luis J, Allard Marc, Wilson Mark R, Budowle Bruce
Abstract excerpt
Population data on the hypervariable regions of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome are used to convey the relative rarity of mtDNA profiles obtained from evidence samples and of profiles used to identify missing persons. In this study, mtDNA profiles of Spanish individuals (n=312) were analyzed to describe haplogroup distributions and to determine relevant single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of those...
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