Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 331-333, December 2009

Mitochondrial DNA control region sequence analysis of Mataco–Guaicurú speaking tribes from Argentina

  • Andrea Sala

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Evguenia Alechine

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Cecilia Bobillo

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Luciano J. Merini

      Affiliations

    • Cátedra de Microbiología Industrial y Biotecnología, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Argentina
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  • Carmen G. Ayala

      Affiliations

    • Laboratorio de Biología Molecular-Servicio de Histocompatibilidad e Inmunogenética, Hospital de Alta Complejidad Pte Juan D. Peron, Formosa, Argentina
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  • Juan C. Acosta Ferreira

      Affiliations

    • Cuerpo Médico Forense, Poder Judicial de Formosa, Argentina
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  • Daniel Corach

      Affiliations

    • Servicio de Huellas Digitales Genéticas, Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, University of Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Received 11 August 2009; accepted 14 August 2009. published online 27 September 2009.

Abstract 

In this work we analyze three Mataco–Guaicurú speaking Amerindian tribes that inhabit the Northern Argentinean portion of Gran Chaco region. One hundred and sixty-eight samples of unrelated males belonging to two linguistic families: Guaycurú (Toba from Chaco, n=27; Toba from Formosa, n=37 and Pilaga from Formosa, n=56) and Mataco (Wichi from Formosa, n=48) were investigated. The entire Control Region of the mtDNA from position 16024 to 576 was sequenced. EMPOP sequencing strategy was employed including the use of 10 primers for each sample. Specific haplotypes were found in these populations with very high frequency. These findings could provide clues to address the ethnicity of a sample in routine forensic casework.

Keywords: Argentinian Mataco–Guaicurú speakers, mtDNA

 

PII: S1875-1768(09)00059-6

doi:10.1016/j.fsigss.2009.08.085

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 331-333, December 2009

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