Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 158-162 , June 2007

Mitochondrial control region sequence variations in the Hungarian population: Analysis of population samples from Hungary and from Transylvania (Romania)

  • Balázs Egyed

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haemogenetics, Institute for Forensic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Erdösor 20, H-2367 Újhartyán, Hungary. Tel.: +36 30 2310638; fax: +36 29 373153.
    • ,
  • Anita Brandstätter

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria
    • ,
  • Jodi A. Irwin

      Affiliations

    • Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA
    • ,
  • Zsolt Pádár

      Affiliations

    • Department of Haemogenetics, Institute for Forensic Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
    • ,
  • Thomas J. Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, Rockville, MD, USA
    • International Commission on Missing Persons, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzogovina
    • ,
  • Walther Parson

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Legal Medicine, Innsbruck Medical University, Austria

Received 8 March 2007 ,Accepted 17 March 2007.

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PII: S1872-4973(07)00067-1

doi: 10.1016/j.fsigen.2007.03.001

Forensic Science International: Genetics
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 158-162 , June 2007

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