The mtDNA composition of Uzbekistan: A microcosm of Central Asian patterns

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 195-204

  Irwin, Jodi A ^a   Ikramov, Abror ^b   Saunier, Jessica ^a   Bodner, Martin ^c   Amory, Sylvain ^f   Röck, Alexander ^d   O'Callaghan, Jennifer ^a   Nuritdinov, Abdurakhmon ^b   Atakhodjaev, Sattar ^b   Mukhamedov, Rustam ^e   Parson, Walther ^c   Parsons, Thomas J ^f  

^a Research Department   (United States)

^b Republican Centre of Forensic Expertise   (Uzbekistan)

^c INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^e S YU YUNUSOV INSTITUTE OF THE CHEMISTRY OF PLANT SUBSTANCES   (Uzbekistan)

^f International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Central Asia; Coding region SNPs; Control region; Forensics; MtDNA population data

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ETHNIC GROUP; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POPULATION GENETICS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; UZBEKISTAN;

DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; UZBEKISTAN;

EID: 77954565204     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0406-z     Document Type: Article

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