@article{b21f7e1843384daca5012ef034e7422f,
title = "Mitochondrial DNA control region variation in Lebanon, Jordan, and Bahrain",
abstract = "This study investigated the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) control region variation in Middle Eastern populations (610 individuals from Lebanon, Jordan and the Kingdom of Bahrain) for which population data are scarce. FST comparison among populations revealed that there are significant differences in mtDNA distributions between Bahrain and the two other populations, while Lebanon and Jordan showed no significant differences. This was also reflected by the distribution of the observed lineages that differed prominently between Bahrain and the other two investigated populations. Jordan and Lebanon fit the hitherto known genetic results of the Levant population. Data are available via EMPOP (https://empop.online) and GenBank.",
keywords = "EMPOP, Forensic science, Haplogroups, Middle East, Phylogeny, mtDNA control region",
author = "Bettina Zimmermann and Kimberly Sturk-Andreaggi and Nicole Huber and Catarina Xavier and Jessica Saunier and Mohammad Tahir and Eliane Chouery and Nadine Jalkh and A. Megarbane and Martin Bodner and Michael Coble and Jodi Irwin and Thomas Parsons and Walther Parson",
note = "Funding Information: This study was supported by the National Institute of Justice (Inter-Agency Agreement 2005-DN-R-086) for funding and the Institute of Legal Medicine, Medical University of Innsbruck (EMPOP). The authors would like to thank Naila Bhatri, Toni Diegoli, Nina Duftner, Katharine Ellingson, Theresa Harm, Gabriela Huber, Anita Kloss-Brandst{\"a}tter, Leslie Mounkes, Harald Niederst{\"a}tter and Melissa Scheible for data analysis and interpretation. The authors would also like to thank James Canik, Lanelle Chisolm, COL Louis Finelli, Brion Smith, the American Registry of Pathology and the Armed Forces Medical Examiner System for logistical and administrative support. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 Elsevier B.V.",
year = "2019",
month = sep,
doi = "10.1016/j.fsigen.2019.06.020",
language = "English",
volume = "42",
pages = "99--102",
journal = "Forensic Science International: Genetics",
issn = "1872-4973",
publisher = "Elsevier Ireland Ltd",
}