Mitochondrial DNA variability in populations from East Timor (Timor Leste)

• Tipo: Artigo em Revista Científica Internacional
• Data: 2006

Autores

Souto, L (Autor) Outra; Rocha, AM (Autor) Outra; Pires, A (Autor) Outra; Ferreira, E (Autor) Outra; Kayser, M (Autor) Outra; Amorim, A (Autor) FCUP; Corte Real, F (Autor) Outra; Vieira, DN (Autor) Outra

Revista

Título: International Congress Series

Vol. 1288

Páginas: 115-117

ISSN: 0531-5131

Editora: Elsevier B.V.

Indexação

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ID Authenticus: P-007-FDQ

DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.060

Abstract (EN): In this study we continue the genetic characterization of human populations from East Timor, as previously started for autosomal STRs and Y STRs, with a preliminary report on mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diversity. Individual samples (n = 133) collected from all the districts of East Timor and representing different linguistic groups were studied for the hypervariable region 1 (HVS1) sequence and the 9-bp deletion (intergenic region COII-tRNA lys). 57 haplotypes were found (haplotype diversity = 0.9727; nucleotide diversity=0.017864; mean number of pairwise differences = 7.52) and the 9 bp deletion reached 16.7%. We found typical sequences of non-Austronesian (Papuan) speaking populations from New Guinea, along with a significant frequency of haplogroup B (namely B4a). In addition our overall genetic data (mtDNA, STRs) may serve as a starting-point to create a genetic database for forensic applications in East Timor. © 2006.

Idioma: Inglês

Tipo (Avaliação Docente): Científica

Nº de páginas: 3