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Mitochondrial control region sequences from a Vietnamese population sample

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Entire mitochondrial control region data were generated for 187 individuals from Vietnam. These samples have been previously typed for 16 autosomal short-tandem repeats (STRs) [1].

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Acknowledgements

We thank Heather Williams, Kimberly Watson, Rebecca Just, Anita Brandstätter, and Walther Parson for assistance with data analysis, database confirmation, and haplogroup assignment. The opinions and assertions contained herein are solely those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or as views of the US Department of Defense or the US Department of the Army.

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  1. Bernd Brinkmann

    Present address: Forensische Genetik, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149, Münster, Germany

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  1. Armed Forces DNA Identification Laboratory, 1413 Research Boulevard, Building 101, Rockville, MD, 20850, USA

    Jodi A. Irwin, Jessica L. Saunier, Katherine M. Strouss, Toni M. Diegoli, Kimberly A. Sturk, Jennifer E. O’Callaghan, Carla D. Paintner & Thomas J. Parsons

  2. Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Carsten Hohoff & Bernd Brinkmann

  3. International Commission on Missing Persons, Alipašina 45A, 71000, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina

    Thomas J. Parsons

  4. Forensische Genetik, Röntgenstrasse 23, 48149, Münster, Germany

    Carsten Hohoff

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Table S1

mtDNA haplotypes and haplogroup associations in a population of Vietnamese individuals. Listed haplotypes include insertions at 16193, 309, and 573. Haplotypes with point heteroplasmies are listed separate from the single molecule haplotypes with which they are consistent (DOC 204 KB).

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Irwin, J.A., Saunier, J.L., Strouss, K.M. et al. Mitochondrial control region sequences from a Vietnamese population sample. Int J Legal Med 122, 257–259 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00414-007-0205-3

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