title: Reply to correspondence by Abreu-Silva et al. regarding Ballana et al.: Mutation T1291C in the mitochondrial 12S rRNA gene involved in deafness in a Cuban family belongs to the macrohaplogroup L1 of African origin.
authors.affiliation: Genes and Disease Program, Centre for Genomic Regulation, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona Biomedical Research Park, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
authors.forename: Ester
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ballana
authors.forename: Estela
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Morales
authors.forename: Xavier
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Estivill
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D003462:Cuba / Q000208:ethnology; D003562:Cytidine / Q000235:genetics*; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D003638:Deafness / Q000208:ethnology / Q000235:genetics*; D006239:Haplotypes / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D009154:Mutation / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic / Q000235:genetics; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D013936:Thymidine / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D012335:RNA, Ribosomal; C075526:RNA, ribosomal, 12S; D003562:Cytidine; D013936:Thymidine