[Polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA region V in Bouyei people and Miao people living in Guizhou province of China].
OBJECTIVE
To investigate the polymorphism of mitochondrial DNA region V in Bouyei people and Miao people living in Guizhou province of China.


METHODS
Polymerase chain reaction and direct sequencing were used in the study.


RESULTS
Only two kinds of polymorphism were found in Bouyei and Miao people. One was standard pattern, the other short pattern. And the frequencies of short pattern(9 bp deletion) in Bouyei and Miao people were 31.1% and 33.3% respectively.


CONCLUSIONS
The polymorphisms of mitochondrial DNA region V in Bouyei people and Miao people living in Guizhou province of China are similar, but they are different from those in other people.
Li
Yongnian
Y
Department of Immunology, Guiyang Medical College  Guiyang, Guizhou, 550001 P. R. China. lynxzm@263.net
Zuo
Li
L
Ke
Yuehai
Y
Cheng
Aying
A
Shu
Liping
L
Ren
Wei
W
D001483:Base Sequence; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005787:Gene Frequency; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017384:Sequence Deletion
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial