Abstract
Entire mitochondrial control region sequences were generated from 377 unrelated individuals
from urban Hong Kong. In line with other control region datasets from China, the sample
from Hong Kong exhibited significant genetic diversity that was reflected in a random
match probability of 0.19% and a mean pairwise difference of 13.14. A total of 305
haplotypes were identified, of which 262 were unique. These sequences will be made
publicly available to serve as forensic mtDNA reference data for China.
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Publication history
Published online: December 12, 2008
Accepted:
October 27,
2008
Received:
September 2,
2008
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