Claims
- 1. A method for determining the mitochondrial haplogroup of a subject, comprising:
determining, in a biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a subject, the presence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup.
- 2. The method of claim 1 wherein the mitochondrial DNA is amplified.
- 3. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup is present in a mitochondrial DNA region selected from the group consisting of a D-loop, a mitochondrial rRNA gene, a mitochondrial NADH dehydrogenase gene, a mitochondrial tRNA gene, a mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase gene, a mitochondrial ATP synthase gene and a mitochondrial cytochrome b gene.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup is selected from the group consisting of a haplogroup-specific polymorphism and a haplogroup-associated polymorphism, wherein a mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is haplogroup-specific is, for a halogroup selected from the group consisting of A, B, C, D, E, H, I, J, K, L1, L2, L3, T, U, V, W and X, located at a nucleotide that corresponds to a nucleotide position of SEQ ID NO:1 that is selected from the group consisting of:
- 5. The method of claim 1 wherein the mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup is a haplogroup-specific polymorphism that is present in members of only one haplogroup selected from the group consisting of A, B, C, D, E, H, I, J, K, L1, L2, L3, T, U, V, W and X, located at a nucleotide that corresponds to a nucleotide position of SEQ ID NO:1 that is selected from the group consisting of:
- 6. A method for determining a mitochondrial haplogroup subgroup of a subject, comprising:
determining, in a biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a subject, the presence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup subgroup.
- 7. The method of claim 6 wherein the mitochondrial haplogroup is selected from the group consisting of haplogroups K, U, J, T, W, I, H, V, X, L1, L2 and L3.
- 8. The method of claim 6 wherein at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup subgroup is a mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism located at a nucleotide that corresponds to a nucleotide position of SEQ ID NO:1 that is selected from the group consisting of position 3010, 16162, 16189, 16304, 1811, 3197, 9477, 14793, 16256, 13617, 16270, 7768, 14182, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398, 497, 11470, 11914, 15924, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13798, 16069, 295, 489, 228, 462, 16193, 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16189, 16294, 5426, 6489, 11812, 15043, 16298, 12633, 16163 and 16186.
- 9. A method for determining a mitochondrial haplogroup subgroup of a subject, comprising:
determining in a biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a subject of known mitochondrial haplogroup selected from the group consisting of haplogroups K, U, X, I, J, T, L1, L2 and L3, the presence or absence of a set comprising a plurality of single nucleotide polymorphisms wherein each polymorphism is located at a nucleotide that corresponds to a nucleotide position of SEQ ID NO:1, the set selected from the group consisting of: a first haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311 and 709; a second haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189 and 10398; a third haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398 and 497; a fourth haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398, 497 and 11914; a fifth haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398, 497, 11914, 11470 and 15924; a sixth haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398, 497; 11914, 11470, 15924, 12978 and 12954; a seventh haplogroup K subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 1147, 12308, 12372, 1811, 3480, 9055, 9698, 10550, 11299, 14167, 14798, 16224, 16311, 1189, 10398, 497; 11914, 11470, 15924, 12978, 12954 and 114; a first haplogroup U subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 11467, 12308, 12372 and 1811; a second haplogroup U subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 11467, 12308, 12372, 3197, 9477, 13617, 16270; a third haplogroup U subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 11467, 12308, 12372, 3197, 9477, 13617, 16270, 7768 and 14182; a fourth haplogroup U subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 11467, 12308, 12372, 3197, 9477, 13617, 16270, 14793 and 16256; a fifth haplogroup U subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 11467, 12308, 12372, 3197, 9477, 13617, 16270, 14793, 16256 and 15218; a first haplogroup X subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 12705, 16223, 1719, 6221, 6371, 13966, 14470, 16278 and 225; a second haplogroup X subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 12705, 16223, 1719, 6221, 6371, 13966, 14470, 16278, 225 and 226; a first haplogroup I subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 12705, 16223, 1719, 10238, 10398, 12501, 13780 and 15043; a second haplogroup I subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 12705, 16223, 1719, 10238, 10398, 12501, 13780, 15043, 250, 4529, 10034, 15924 and 16391; a first haplogroup J subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 4216, 11251, 15452, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13708, 16069 and 16126; a second haplogroup J subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 4216, 11251, 15452, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13708, 16069, 16126, 295 and 489; a third haplogroup J subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 4216, 11251, 15452, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13708, 16069, 16126, 295, 489 and 15257; a fifth haplogroup J subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 4216, 11251, 15452, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13708, 16069, 16126, 295, 489 and 462; a sixth haplogroup J subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 4216, 11251, 15452, 3010, 10398, 12612, 13708, 16069, 16126, 295, 489, 462 and 228; a first haplogroup T subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16126, 16294 and 12633; a second haplogroup T subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16126, 16294, 12633, 16163 and 16186; a third haplogroup T subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16126, 16294, 11812, 14233 and 16296; a fourth haplogroup T subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16126, 16294, 11812, 14233, 16296, 930, 5147 and 16304; a fifth haplogroup T subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 709, 1888, 4917, 8697, 10463, 13368, 14905, 15607, 15928, 16126, 16294, 11812, 14233, 16296, 5426, 6489 and 15043; a first haplogroup L1 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 247, 825, 2758, 2885, 2666, 7055, 7146, 7389, 8468, 8655, 10688, 10810, 13105, 13506, 13789, 14178, 14560, 16187 and 16311; a second haplogroup L1 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 247, 825, 2758, 2885, 2666, 7055, 7146, 7389, 8468, 8655, 10688, 10810, 13105, 13506, 13789, 14178, 14560, 16187, 16311 and 182; a third haplogroup L1 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 247, 825, 2758, 2885, 2666, 7055, 7146, 7389, 8468, 8655, 10688, 10810, 13105, 13506, 13789, 14178, 14560, 16187, 16311, 182, 8027 and 16294; a fourth haplogroup L1 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 247, 825, 2758, 2885, 2666, 7055, 7146, 7389, 8468, 8655, 10688, 10810, 13105, 13506, 13789, 14178, 14560, 16187, 16311, 182, 357, 709, 710, 1738, 2352, 2768, 3308, 3693, 5036, 5393, 5655, 6548, 6827, 6989, 7867, 8248, 12519, 13880, 14203, 15115, 16126 and 16264; a fifth haplogroup L1 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 247, 825, 2758, 2885, 2666, 7055, 7146, 7389, 8468, 8655, 10688, 10810, 13105, 13506, 13789, 14178, 14560, 16187, 16311, 182, 357, 709, 710, 1738, 2352, 2768, 3308, 3693, 5036, 5393, 5655, 6548, 6827, 6989, 7867, 8248, 12519, 13880, 14203, 15115, 16126, 16264 and 14769; a first haplogroup L2 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 2416, 8206, 9221, 10115, 11944, 13590, 15301, 16278 and 16390; a second haplogroup L2 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 2416, 8206, 9221, 10115, 11944, 13590, 15301, 16278, 16390 and 182; a third haplogroup L2 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 2416, 8206, 9221, 10115, 11944, 13590, 15301, 16278, 16390, 2789, 7175, 7274, 7771, 11914, 12693, 13803, 14566, 15784 and 16294; a fourth haplogroup L2 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 2416, 8206, 9221, 10115, 11944, 13590, 15301, 16278, 16390, 2789, 7175, 7274, 7771, 11914, 12693, 13803, 14566, 15784, 16294 and 16309; a fifth haplogroup L2 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 769, 1018, 3594, 4104, 7256, 7521, 13650, 2416, 8206, 9221, 10115, 11944, 13590, 15301, 16278, 16390, 2789, 7175, 7274, 7771, 11914, 12693, 13803, 14566, 15784, 16294, 16309, 3918, 5285, 15244, 15629; a first haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301; a second haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 13105; a third haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 13105, 3450, 5773, 6221, 9449, 10089, 10373, 13914, 15311, 15824, 15944, 16124, 16278 and 16362; a fourth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783 and 15043; a fifth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043, 2092, 3010, 4883, 5178, 6578, 14668 and 16325; a sixth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043 and 16362; a seventh haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043, 4715, 7196, 8584 and 16298; an eighth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043, 4715, 7196, 8584, 16298, 249, 3552, 9545, 11914, 13263, 14318, 15487, 16325 and 16327; a ninth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043, 4715, 7196, 8584, 16298, 249, 3552, 9545, 11914, 13263, 14318, 15487, 16325, 16327, 289 and 290; and a tenth haplogroup L3 subgroup comprising a polymorphism at positions 8701, 9540, 10398, 10873, 12705, 16223, 15301, 489, 10400, 14783, 15043, 4715, 7196, 8584, 16298, 249, 3552, 9545, 11914, 13263, 14318, 15487, 16325, 16327, 289, 290 and 15930.
- 10. A method for determining a genetic relationship between two subjects, comprising:
determining, in each of a first biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a first subject and a second biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a second subject, the presence or absence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism, wherein either (i) the presence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism in both of said first and second biological samples, or (ii) the absence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism from both of said first and second biological samples, indicates a genetic relationship between the subjects, and therefrom determining the genetic relationship between the subjects.
- 11. The method of claim 10 wherein at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup that is selected from the group consisting of haplogroups A, B, C, D, E, H, I, J, K, L1, L2, L3, T, U, V, W and X.
- 12. The method of claim 10 wherein at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism that is associated with a mitochondrial haplogroup is a haplogroup-specific polymorphism that is present in members of only one haplogroup selected from the group consisting of A, B, C, D, E, H, I, J, K, L1, L2, L3, T, U, V, W and X, located at a nucleotide that corresponds to a nucleotide position of SEQ ID NO:1 that is selected from the group consisting of:
- 13. A method for determining a genetic relationship between (i) an unknown source or biological subject from which an unidentified sample is obtained, and (ii) a known source or biological subject from an identified sample is obtained, comprising:
determining presence or absence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism, in each of a first biological sample derived from an unknown subject or biological source and a second biological sample derived from a known subject or biological source, wherein said first and second biological samples each comprise mitochondrial DNA, wherein either (i) the presence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism in both of said first and second biological samples, or (ii) the absence of at least one mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphism from both of said first and second biological samples, indicates a genetic relationship between the subjects, and therefrom determining the genetic relationship between the biological samples.
- 14. A method of determining the presence of or the risk for having a disease associated with a mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism, comprising:
(a) identifying at least one haplogroup-associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism in a biological sample comprising mitochondrial DNA from a subject suspected of having or being at risk for having a disease associated with a mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism; and (b) identifying in said sample at least one disease associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism that is not a haplogroup-associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism, and therefrom determining the presence or risk of disease.
- 15. The method of claim 14 wherein the disease associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism that is not a haplogroup-associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism is a type 2 diabetes-associated polymorphism.
- 16. The method of claim 14 wherein the disease associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism that is not a haplogroup-associated mitochondrial DNA single nucleotide polymorphism is an Alzheimer's disease-associated polymorphism.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/369,539 filed Apr. 1, 2002; No. 60/369,131 filed Mar. 28, 2002; and No. 60/333,622 filed Nov. 26, 2001, which are incorporated herein by reference in their entirety.
Provisional Applications (3)
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60369539 |
Apr 2002 |
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60369131 |
Mar 2002 |
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60333622 |
Nov 2001 |
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