title: Haplotype diversity in mitochondrial DNA hypervariable regions I and II in three communities of Southern India.
abstract: The sequence polymorphisms at the mtDNA hypervariable regions I and II (HVR-I and HVR-II) were analyzed in 87 individuals belonging to three religious groups, Hindu, Muslim and Christians of Karnataka (South India). A total of 122 polymorphic sites were observed in the sequenced regions, with HVR-I exhibiting higher variation than HVR-II. The populations exhibited high sequence and nucleotide diversity, alike other studied caste groups of Karnataka.
authors.affiliation: DNA Typing Unit, Central Forensic Science Laboratory, 30 Gorachand Road, Kolkata 700014, India.
authors.forename: Revathi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rajkumar
authors.forename: V K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kashyap
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D012067:Religion; D020080:Tandem Repeat Sequences
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial