Genetic Background of Kirgiz Ethnic Group From Northwest China Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA Control Region Sequences on Massively Parallel Sequencing

The mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to trace population evolution and apply to forensic identification due to the characteristics including lack of recombination, higher copy number and matrilineal inheritance comparing with nuclear genome DNA. In this study, mtDNA control region sequences o...

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Main Authors: Hongdan Wang, Man Chen, Chong Chen, Yating Fang, Wei Cui, Fanzhang Lei, Bofeng Zhu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2022-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fgene.2022.729514/full