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Title:	Statistical analysis of post mortem DNA damage-derived miscoding lesions in Neandertal mitochondrial DNA.
Author:	Vives, Sergi; Gilbert, M Thomas; Arenas, Conxita; Gigli, Elena, 1978-; Lao Grueso, Oscar, 1976-; Lalueza Fox, Carles, 1965-
Abstract:	Background: We have analysed the distribution of post mortem DNA damage derived miscoding lesions from the datasets of seven published Neandertal specimens that have extensive cloned sequence coverage over the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) hypervariable region 1 (HVS1). The analysis was restricted to C→T and G→A miscoding lesions (the predominant manifestation of post mortem damage) that are seen at a frequency of more than one clone among sequences from a single PCR, but do not represent the true endogenous sequence. Findings: The data indicates an extreme bias towards C→T over G→A miscoding lesions (observed ratio of 67:2 compared to an expected ratio of 7:2), implying that the mtDNA Light strand molecule suffers proportionally more damage-derived miscoding lesions than the Heavy strand. Conclusion: The clustering of Cs in the Light strand as opposed to the singleton pattern of Cs in the Heavy strand could explain the observed bias, a phenomenon that could be further tested with non-PCR based approaches. The characterization of the HVS1 hotspots will be of use to future Neandertal mtDNA studies, with specific regards to assessing the authenticity of new positions previously unknown to be polymorphic.
Abstract:	This research has been supported by a grant (CGL2006-03987) from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science to C.L.-F. and S.V. E.G has a PhD fellowship from the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science.
Subject(s):	-Neandertals -Mitocondrial -ADN
Rights:	© 2008 Vives et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd./nThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0
Document type:	Article Article - Published version
Published by:	BioMed Central
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