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The article presents a study on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) ancestry of admixed Colombian populations. It states that a total of 185 individuals from Colombia were sequenced for the first hypervariable region (HVS-1) of mtDNA genome in this research. The subjects are collected based on their self-reported-ethnicity in Colombia, composing of Meztizos, Mulatos, and Afro-Colombians. All the populations analyzed have high diversity indices and there are no genetic draft episodes.

Abstract: A set of autosomal single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) loci was analyzed using the 52-plex assay previously described by Sanchez et al. [J.J. Sanchez, C. Phillips, C. Borsting, K. Balogh, M. Bogus, M. Fondevila, C.D. Harrison, E. Musgrave-Brown, A. Salas, D. Syndercombe-Court, P.M. Schneider, A. Carracedo, N. Morling, A multiplex assay with 52 single nucleotide polymorphisms for human identification, Electrophoresis 27 (2006) 1713–1724] in 140 samples of unrelated individuals born in the Colombian regions of, Risaralda, Caldas, Quindio, Antioquia, Tolima and Valle, and 164 samples of unrelated individuals with declared Native American ancestry from Colombia. Allele frequencies and statistical parameters of forensic interest are presented for the 52 SNPs. All loci were in agreement with Hardy–Weinberg equilibrium while comparisons with population samples of Argentina, Portugal, Spain, Mozambique, and Taiwan revealed significant differences in allele frequency distributions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]