[Distribution of a deletion-insertion polymorphism in intergenic region V of mitochondrial DNA among the aboriginal population of Tuva].
Mitochondrial DNA region V deletion-insertion polymorphism was examined in three Tuvinian populations inhabiting western, northeastern, and southeastern parts of the republic. The 9-bp deletion was characterized by nonrandom distribution across the Tuva territory: its frequency in the western population (13.37%) was statistically significantly higher than that in the northeastern (4.62%), and southeastern populations, as well as in Mongols, who are territorially and ethnically close to Tuvinians. The insertion mutation in the region V was detected with a frequency of about 3% in two out of the three populations tested.
Golubenko
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MV
Research Institute for Medical Genetics, Tomsk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia. masha@img.tsu.ru
Puzyrev
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VP
Saliukov
V B
VB
Kucher
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AN
Sanchat
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D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044469:Racial Groups; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012800:Siberia
D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial