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Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine 6/2013

01-11-2013 | Population Data

Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Swedish population samples

Authors: Maria Lembring, Mannis van Oven, Maria Montelius, Marie Allen

Published in: International Journal of Legal Medicine | Issue 6/2013

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Abstract

As a contribution to the geographic coverage of EMPOP, currently the best available forensic mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) database, a total of 299 Swedish individuals were analysed by sequencing of the first and second hypervariable regions of the mtDNA genome. In this sample set, a total of 179 different haplotypes were detected. The genetic diversity was estimated to be 0.9895 (±0.0023), and the random match probability was 1.39 %. The most abundant haplogroups were HV (including its subhaplogroups H and V) with a frequency of 46.5 %, followed by haplogroup U (including its subhaplogroup K) at 27.8 %, haplogroup T at 10.0 % and haplogroup J at 7.0 %, a distribution that is consistent with previous observations in other European populations.
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Metadata
Title
Mitochondrial DNA analysis of Swedish population samples
Authors
Maria Lembring
Mannis van Oven
Maria Montelius
Marie Allen
Publication date
01-11-2013
Publisher
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published in
International Journal of Legal Medicine / Issue 6/2013
Print ISSN: 0937-9827
Electronic ISSN: 1437-1596
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-013-0908-6

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