The GHEP-EMPOP collaboration on mtDNA population data--A new resource for forensic casework.

ABSTRACT: Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) population data for forensic purposes are still scarce for some populations, which may limit the evaluation of forensic evidence especially when the rarity of a haplotype needs to be determined in a database search. In order to improve the collection of mtDNA lineages from the Iberian and South American subcontinents, we here report the results of a collaborative study involving nine laboratories from the Spanish and Portuguese Speaking Working Group of the International Society for Forensic Genetics (GHEP-ISFG) and EMPOP. The individual laboratories contributed population data that were generated throughout the past 10 years, but in the majority of cases have not been made available to the scientific community. A total of 1019 haplotypes from Iberia (Basque Count

SUBMITTER: Prieto L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3065011 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature