Haplotype diversity in mitochondrial DNA hypervariable region I, II and III in a Korean ethnic group from northeast China

• Published in: Forensic science international Vol. 151; no. 2; pp. 299 - 301
• Main Authors: Zhang, YongJi, Xu, QingSong, Cui, Hong, Cui, Yan, Lin, HaiYu, Kim, KiBeom, Lee, JungBin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kidlington Elsevier Ireland Ltd 16.07.2005; Elsevier; The Lancet Publishing Group, a division of Elsevier Science Ltd; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Biological and medical sciences; China; Complementarity Determining Regions; Control region; DNA Fingerprinting - methods; DNA, Mitochondrial - analysis; Ethnic Groups - genetics; Forensic medicine; Forensic sciences; Gene Frequency; Genetic polymorphisms; Genetic Variation; Genetics, Population; Haplotypes; Humans; Hypervariable region; Investigative techniques, diagnostic techniques (general aspects); Korea - ethnology; Korean ethnic group; Medical sciences; Minorities; Mitochondrial DNA; Polymerase Chain Reaction; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Tandem Repeat Sequences; Asia; China; Korea; Hypervariable region; Korean ethnic group; Mitochondrial DNA; Control region; Forensic science; Legal medicine; Diversity; Check; Korean; Forensic aspect; Ethnic group; Haplotype; Northeast

Sequence polymorphism of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region, hypervariable regions HVR I, II and III, from 55 unrelated Korean ethnic group individuals from northeast China (YanBian area) were determined by PCR amplification and cycle sequencing.