2006-04-01
Mitochondrial DNA variability in populations from East Timor (Timor Leste)
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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.
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doi.org/10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.060, hdl.handle.net/1765/54730 | |
Organisation | Centre for Rotterdam Cultural Sociology (CROCUS) |
Souto, L., Rocha, A. M., Pires, N., Ferreira, E., Kayser, M., Amorim, A., … Vieira, D. (2006). Mitochondrial DNA variability in populations from East Timor (Timor Leste). doi:10.1016/j.ics.2005.11.060 |