Segments HVS-I and HVS-II of mitochondrial DNA in a population from Santa Catarina (Brazil): Predominance of European lineages

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2009

Authors

Laura Cainé (Collaborator) FMUP

Journal

Title: Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series

Vol. 2

Pages: 338-339

ISSN: 1875-1768

Publisher: Elsevier

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Authenticus ID: P-007-RQ6

DOI: 10.1016/j.fsigss.2009.08.181

Abstract (EN): The study of the hypervariable segments HVS-I and HVS-II of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region of 80 healthy and maternally unrelated individuals revealed that the population from Santa Catarina is extremely heterogeneous, mainly due to the impact of relatively recent migratory waves from Europe. In spite of this, Native American lineages as well as African lineages incorporated much earlier are also present at noticeable proportions. This strikingly high variability generated by the intense gene flow is mirrored in a high power of discrimination (97.69%), which makes the analysis of mitochondrial HVS-I and HVS-II segments very useful for forensic genetic purposes in this Brazilian population.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific