title: [Mitochondrial DNA coding region 3954-4506 polymorphism in Korean Chinese population].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the sequence polymorphism of mtDNA coding region encompassing nt3954-4506 in the Korean Chinese population of Yanbian area.
  
  
  METHODS
  Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and direct sequencing method were used to detect the haplotype distribution of mtDNA coding region in 198 Korean Chinese individuals.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-one haplotypes were observed in the 198 unrelated individuals. The genetic diversity was 0.5906 and the random match probability was 0.4124. Compared with the Andersonos sequence, 19 nucleotide variants were found, of which 14 were previously registered in MITOMAP, and 5 were novel.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The obtained data suggest that these sequence polymorphisms are valuable genetic markers for personal identification when combined with mtDAN control region investigation, thus could be used as basic data for the forensic application in Korean Chinese population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Forensic Medicine, School of Medicine, Yanbian University, Yanji, Jilin, 133000 PR China. zhangyj@ybu.edu.cn
authors.forename: Yong-ji
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jing-nan
authors.initials: JN
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: Mei-hua
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Song-ying
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Han
mesh_terms: D044466:Asian People / Q000235:genetics*; D002681:China; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D007723:Korea / Q000208:ethnology; D016366:Open Reading Frames / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial