Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 327-328, December 2009

Preliminary results of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in Spanish Pyrenean populations

  • A.M. López-Parra

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    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain
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  • E. Fernández

      Affiliations

    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain
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  • C. Baeza

      Affiliations

    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain
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  • C. Gamba

      Affiliations

    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain
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  • M. Tirado

      Affiliations

    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain
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  • L. Gusmão

      Affiliations

    • IPATIMUP, Instituto de Patologia e Imunologia da Universidade do Porto, Portugal
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  • M.S. Mesa

      Affiliations

    • Zoology and Physical Anthropology Department, Faculty of Biology, Complutense University, Madrid, Spain
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  • E. Arroyo-Pardo

      Affiliations

    • Toxicology and Health Legislation Department, Faculty of Medicine, Complutense University of Madrid, Madrid 28024, Spain

Received 13 August 2009; accepted 14 August 2009. published online 22 September 2009.

Abstract 

Mitochondrial DNA sequences of the two hypervariable regions HVS-I and HVS-II were determined for 233 unrelated autochthonous individuals from East, Central and West Pyrenees. Resulting haplogroups were confirmed with RFLPs. Although the distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in the Pyrenees presents differences between populations, the results obtained may well support the hypothesis that the mountain chain did not act as a barrier to gene flow among Pyrenean populations. These preliminary data could be helpful for the understanding of the present distribution of mitochondrial DNA haplogroups in Iberian Peninsula and its phylogeny.

Keywords: mtDNA, Pyrenean population, Haplogroups

 

PII: S1875-1768(09)00096-1

doi:10.1016/j.fsigss.2009.08.061

Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Volume 2, Issue 1 , Pages 327-328, December 2009

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