title: [Distribution of a deletion-insertion polymorphism in intergenic region V of mitochondrial DNA among the aboriginal population of Tuva].
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Research Institute for Medical Genetics, Tomsk Scientific Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, Russia. masha@img.tsu.ru
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Golubenko
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Puzyrev
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Saliukov
authors.forename: A N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Kucher
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Sanchat
mesh_terms: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D044469:Racial Groups; D017384:Sequence Deletion; D012800:Siberia
chemical_list: D004251:DNA Transposable Elements; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial