Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in three ethnic populations from the South-west Iran: a preliminary study

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Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in three ethnic populations from the South-west Iran: a preliminary study

Elham DAVOUDI-DEHAGHANI^1,2(

), Ali Mohammad FOROUGHMAND¹, Babak SAFFARI³, Massoud HOUSHMAND⁴, Hamid GALEHDARI¹, Mehdi SHAFA SHARIAT PANAHI⁴, Majid YAVARIAN⁵, Mohammad Hossein SANATI⁴, Somayeh TORFI¹

1. Department of Genetics, Shahid Chamran University, Ahvaz 61357-43337, Iran; 2. Medical Genetics Department, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran 14155-6447, Iran; 3. Human Genetic Research Group, Iranian Academic Center for Education, Culture & Research (ACECR), Fars Province Branch, Shiraz 71347, Iran; 4. National Institute for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Tehran 14155-6343, Iran; 5. Hematology Research Center, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz 71937, Iran

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Abstract

To investigate the genetic structure of human populations in the South-west region of Iran, mitochondrial first hypervariable DNA sequences were obtained from 50 individuals representing three different ethnic groups from Khuzestan Province. Studied groups were Shushtari Persians and Chahar Lang Bakhtiyaries from Indo-European-speaking populations and Bani Torof Arabs from Semitic-speaking linguistic families. Genetic analysis of mtDNA data showed high similarity of Chahar Lang Bakhtiyaries with other Iranian Indo-European-speaking populations while Shushtaries and Bani Torofs had a closer affinity with Semitic-speaking groups rather than to other Iranian populations. The relationship of Chahar Lang Bakhtiyaries and Bani Torof Arabs with their neighbor populations can be explained by linguistic and geographic proximity. Whereas, the greater similarity of Shushtari Persians with West Asian Arabs is probably according to high gene flow between them. This article represents a preliminary study of three major ethnic groups of South-west Iran which investigates the potential genetic substructure of the region.

Keywords diversity mitochondrial DNA first hypervariable sequence Iran genetic structure population

Corresponding Author(s): DAVOUDI-DEHAGHANI Elham,Email:e_davoodi@razi.tums.ac.ir

Issue Date: 01 October 2011

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Elham DAVOUDI-DEHAGHANI,Ali Mohammad FOROUGHMAND,Babak SAFFARI, et al. Mitochondrial DNA sequence diversity in three ethnic populations from the South-west Iran: a preliminary study[J]. Front Biol, 0, (): 422-432.

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Tab.1 Populations included in the study and their descriptions

Tab.2 mtDNA HVS-I sequence statistics among studied populations and neighboring populations (population codes are as in Table 1)

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
1	Shu		0.008	0.007	0.006	0.005	0.008	0.007	0.006	0.008	0.006	0.007	0.006	0.007	0.018	0.007	0.006	0.006	0.006	0.007	0.007	0.009	0.007	0.010
2	Bto	0.000		0.007	0.005	0.005	0.006	0.007	0.006	0.008	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.016	0.006	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.004	0.006	0.009	0.006	0.008
3	CBk	0.006	0.007		0.006	0.005	0.007	0.006	0.007	0.007	0.005	0.006	0.006	0.007	0.015	0.008	0.006	0.007	0.006	0.006	0.009	0.007	0.007	0.010
4	Ir-Arb	0.007	0.003	0.010		0.003	0.004	0.005	0.004	0.006	0.003	0.003	0.005	0.005	0.015	0.004	0.004	0.003	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.004	0.005
5	BkLr	0.003	0.010	-0.004	0.010		0.005	0.004	0.003	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.004	0.005	0.014	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.006	0.004	0.007
6	Kh.Fa	0.025	-0.001	0.014	0.006	0.016		0.006	0.005	0.006	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.016	0.007	0.006	0.004	0.005	0.004	0.006	0.006	0.005	0.007
7	Gil	0.010	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.003	0.008		0.004	0.006	0.003	0.004	0.006	0.006	0.014	0.006	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.005	0.006	0.008	0.006	0.010
8	Maz	0.000	0.012	0.010	-0.002	0.002	0.010	-0.001		0.006	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.007	0.015	0.005	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.006	0.005	0.006
9	Ir.Krd	0.022	0.012	0.003	0.008	0.006	-0.004	0.000	0.005		0.005	0.006	0.006	0.006	0.017	0.008	0.007	0.006	0.006	0.006	0.007	0.008	0.006	0.009
10	Teh	0.026	-0.001	0.008	0.005	0.012	0.003	0.001	0.007	0.010		0.003	0.004	0.003	0.013	0.005	0.004	0.003	0.003	0.003	0.005	0.006	0.004	0.007
11	Isf	0.006	-0.003	0.001	-0.001	0.001	0.002	-0.008	-0.002	-0.003	-0.002		0.005	0.005	0.015	0.006	0.005	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.006	0.004	0.007
12	Tr-Krd	0.010	0.004	0.012	0.008	0.014	0.002	0.003	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.005		0.004	0.014	0.006	0.006	0.004	0.004	0.004	0.007	0.008	0.005	0.009
13	Oss	0.030	0.013	0.035	0.003	0.036	0.040	0.023	0.030	0.016	0.015	0.020	0.004		0.014	0.007	0.006	0.004	0.005	0.004	0.006	0.007	0.004	0.007
14	Arm	0.039	0.010	0.037	0.016	0.010	0.016	0.003	0.014	0.010	0.003	0.005	0.011	0.025		0.017	0.016	0.014	0.015	0.015	0.017	0.017	0.015	0.020
15	Bdn	-0.006	-0.004	0.026	0.007	0.019	0.022	0.018	0.007	0.023	0.020	0.014	0.019	0.040	0.036		0.005	0.004	0.004	0.005	0.005	0.007	0.006	0.008
16	Irq	0.003	-0.001	0.008	0.007	0.006	0.012	0.003	0.007	0.012	0.010	0.002	0.004	0.024	0.013	0.013		0.004	0.004	0.005	0.006	0.007	0.005	0.009
17	Syr	0.012	0.001	0.018	0.001	0.011	0.005	0.003	0.003	0.009	0.006	-0.001	0.001	0.017	0.010	0.013	0.002		0.003	0.003	0.004	0.005	0.003	0.006
18	Pal	0.017	0.006	0.014	0.004	0.018	0.008	0.006	0.008	0.012	0.002	0.004	-0.001	0.015	0.011	0.018	0.006	0.000		0.002	0.004	0.006	0.003	0.005
19	Jor	0.030	0.003	0.019	0.013	0.021	0.001	0.010	0.020	0.012	0.006	0.005	0.005	0.014	0.013	0.029	0.008	0.003	0.005		0.004	0.006	0.004	0.005
20	Egp	0.030	0.010	0.050	0.014	0.048	0.025	0.032	0.028	0.029	0.028	0.020	0.032	0.038	0.053	0.014	0.033	0.020	0.026	0.031		0.007	0.004	0.004
21	Alg	0.114	0.090	0.096	0.058	0.086	0.064	0.076	0.074	0.058	0.082	0.066	0.080	0.088	0.102	0.093	0.071	0.051	0.070	0.063	0.059		0.004	0.007
22	Mor	0.047	0.029	0.040	0.019	0.035	0.019	0.027	0.029	0.020	0.027	0.020	0.024	0.037	0.034	0.042	0.026	0.015	0.020	0.023	0.030	0.031		0.005
23	Sud	0.112	0.069	0.113	0.076	0.132	0.064	0.108	0.101	0.080	0.089	0.090	0.092	0.083	0.122	0.081	0.112	0.087	0.085	0.090	0.034	0.096	0.084

Tab.3 mtDNA pairwise (Lower diagonal) and Nei’s genetic distance values (Upper diagonal)

Tab.4 Average pairwise and Nei’s genetic distance (/) values between Shushtari Persian, Bani Torof Arab and Chahar Lang Bakhtiyari groups and neighboring populations

Tab.5 AMOVA results according to different geographical and linguistic classification. All among groups and among populations within groups values were significantly different from zero based on 10000 permutations

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