Allele frequencies of mitochondrial DNA HVR III 514–524 (CA) n dinucleotide repeats in the Urali Kuruman tribal population of South India

Background To evaluate the 514–524 (CA)n dinucleotide repeats/allele of the mtDNA hypervariable region III in the Urali Kuruman tribe of Southern India. Blood samples were randomly collected from 100 healthy unrelated individuals, and complete mtDNA control region was amplified and sequenced by the Sanger sequencing method.