title: [Mitochondrial DNA polymorphism in the Han, Miao, Buyi, and Shui ethnic groups from Guizhou province].
abstract: Sixteen restriction endonucleases were used to assay the mtDNA polymorphism in the Han, Miao, Buyi and Shui ethnic groups from Guizhou province. Thirty-one restriction patterns were observed in a total of 150 subjects studied, out of which HacII-13, EcoRV-3 and PstI-4 are first reported by this paper. From all restriction patterns disclosed by 16 enzymes, twenty-eight mtDNA types were obtained. UPG method and parsimony networks were employed to analyze the clustering relationships between types or populations. Following conclusions are obtained: the mt-DNA from the Shui nationality possesses the highest polymorphism; the Han and the Miao are most closely related; and the genetic relation between the Buyi and the Shui is somewhat distant.
authors.affiliation: Guiyang Medical College.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Shi
mesh_terms: D002681:China / Q000208:ethnology; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D015183:Restriction Mapping
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial