Genetic characterization of the Makrani people of Pakistan from mitochondrial DNA control-region data

MH Siddiqi; T Akhtar; A Rakha; G Abbas; A Ali; N Haider; S Hayat; S Masooma; J Ahmad; MA Tariq; Mannis Oven; FM Khan

doi:10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.007

Genetic characterization of the Makrani people of Pakistan from mitochondrial DNA control-region data

MH Siddiqi
, T Akhtar
, A Rakha
, G Abbas
, A Ali
, N Haider
, S Hayat
, S Masooma
, J Ahmad
, MA Tariq
, Mannis Oven
, FM Khan

Genetic Identification

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Abstract

To estimate genetic and forensic parameters, the entire mitochondrial DNA control region of 100 unrelated Makrani individuals (males, n = 96; females, n = 4) living in Pakistan (Turbat, Panjgur, Awaran, Kharan, Nasirabad, Gwadar, Buleda, Karachi and Burewala) was sequenced. We observed a total of 70 different haplotypes of which 54 were unique and 16 were shared by more than one individual. The Makrani population showed a high genetic diversity (0.9688) and, consequently, a high power of discrimination (0.9592). Our results revealed a strongly admixed mtDNA pool composed of African haplogroups (28%), West Eurasian haplogroups (26%), South Asian haplogroups (24%), and East Asian haplogroups (2%), while the origin of the remaining individuals (20%) could not be confidently assigned. The results of this study are a valuable contribution to build a database of mtDNA variation in Pakistan. (C) 2014 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	Undefined/Unknown
Pages (from-to)	134-139
Number of pages	6
Journal	Legal Medicine
Volume	17
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.legalmed.2014.09.007
Publication status	Published - 2015

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