IMBICE   05372
INSTITUTO MULTIDISCIPLINARIO DE BIOLOGIA CELULAR
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Mitochondrial DNA control region in native population from the province of Jujuy (northwestern Argentina)
Autor/es:
CARDOSO S; MERINO M; GÓMEZ L; ALFONSO-SÁNCHEZ MA; DIPIERRI JE; ALFARO EL; VALVERDE L; ODRIOZOLA A; BRAVI CM; PEÑA JA; PANCORBO MM DE
Revista:
Forensic Science International: Genetics Supplement Series
Editorial:
Elsevier
Referencias:
Año: 2009 vol. 2 p. 340 - 341
ISSN:
1875-1768
Resumen:
The province of Jujuy is located in northwestern Argentina. We analyzed mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA haplogroup composition in 100 autochthonous individuals living at altitudes between 1200 and 3500 m above sea level, in San Salvador de Jujuy, Quebrada de Humahuaca and Puna. The purpose was to explor the influence of non-Native American maternal lineages. Additionally, we evaluated the efficacy o analyzing the entire mtDNA control region to increase its power of discrimination with forensic purposes. Results showed that the population sample was entirely composed by Native American haplogroups, with haplotypes belonging to haplogroup B as the most common lineages. Analysis of th entiremtDNA D-loop region proved to be useful to increase the power of discrimination provided by th analysis of HVS-I and HVS-II segments and to refine haplogroup assignment.