Sequence polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA control region in Japanese.

doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(98)00153-4

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Sequence polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA control region in Japanese.

Forensic science international - 9 Nov 1998

Seo Y, Stradmann-Bellinghausen B, Rittner C, Takahama K, Schneider P M

Abstract excerpt

Sequence polymorphisms of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region, hypervariable regions I and II, from 100 unrelated Japanese were determined by PCR amplification and direct sequencing. Sequences of 404 nucleotides for hypervariable region I and 379 nucleotides for region II were obtained....

Topics

Base Sequence
DNA Primers
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetics, Population
Genotype
Humans
Japan
Locus Control Region
Molecular Sequence Data
Point Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sequence Analysis, DNA

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