title: EMPOP-quality mtDNA control region sequences from Kashmiri of Azad Jammu & Kashmir, Pakistan.
abstract: The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region (nucleotide position 16024-576) sequences were generated through Sanger sequencing method for 317 self-identified Kashmiris from all districts of Azad Jammu & Kashmir Pakistan. The population sample set showed a total of 251 haplotypes, with a relatively high haplotype diversity (0.9977) and a low random match probability (0.54%). The containing matrilineal lineages belonging to three different phylogeographic origins of Western Eurasian (48.9%), South Asian (47.0%) and East Asian (4.1%). The present study was compared to previous data from Pakistan and other worldwide populations (Central Asia, Western Asia, and East & Southeast Asia). The dataset is made available through EMPOP under accession number EMP00679 and will serve as an mtDNA reference database in forensic casework in Pakistan.
authors: Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China; Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan. Electronic address: dnaexpert@me.com.
authors: Allah
authors: A
authors: Rakha
authors: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
authors: Min-Sheng
authors: MS
authors: Peng
authors: Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
authors: Rui
authors: R
authors: Bi
authors: State Key Laboratory of Genetic Resources and Evolution, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming 650223, China.
authors: Jiao-Jiao
authors: JJ
authors: Song
authors: Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors: Zeenat
authors: Z
authors: Salahudin
authors: Department of Forensic Sciences, University of Health Sciences, Lahore, Pakistan.
authors: Atif
authors: A
authors: Adan
authors: Department of Forensic Studies, University of Swat, Swat, Pakistan.
authors: Muhammad
authors: M
authors: Israr
authors: Key Laboratory of Animal Models and Human Disease Mechanisms of the Chinese Academy of Sciences & Yunnan Province, Kunming Institute of Zoology, Kunming, Yunnan 650223, China.
authors: Yong-Gang
authors: YG
authors: Yao
mesh_terms: D016172:DNA Fingerprinting; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D030561:Databases, Nucleic Acid; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D005828:Genetics, Population; D006239:Haplotypes; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010154:Pakistan; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial
keywords: Control region; Forensic database; Kashmiri; Pakistan; mtDNA