title: A compendium of human mitochondrial DNA control region: development of an international standard forensic database.
abstract: A compendium of human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region types has been constructed. This updated compilation indexes over 10,000 population-specific mtDNA nucleotide sequences in a standardized format. The sequences represent mtDNA types from the Scientific Working Group on DNA Analysis Methods (SWGDAM) mtDNA database and from the public literature. The SWGDAM data are considered to be of higher quality than the public data, particularly for counting the number of times a particular haplotype has been observed.
authors.affiliation: Federal Bureau of Investigation, 935 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington, D.C. 20535, USA. bbudowle@fbi.gov
authors.forename: K W
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Budowle
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D016208:Databases, Factual / Q000592:standards*; D005260:Female; D018732:Forensic Anthropology / Q000592:standards / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000592:standards*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007391:International Cooperation; D008297:Male; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial