mtDNA analysis of the Galician population: a genetic edge of European variation.

doi:10.1038/sj.ejhg.5200202

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mtDNA analysis of the Galician population: a genetic edge of European variation.

European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jan 2000

Salas A, Comas D, Lareu M V, Bertranpetit J, Carracedo A

Abstract excerpt

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation has become a useful tool for human population studies. We analysed the first hypervariable region of mitochondrial DNA control region (position 16024-16383) in 92 unrelated individuals from Galicia (Spain), a relatively isolated European population...

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
Spain

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