Data analysis
The D-Loop-BASE database presently contains a total number of 1410 sequences, most of them originating from Central European Caucasians Today 1285 of the 1410 sequences in the HV1 and HV2 regions cover the full ranges from 16 051 to 16 365 and from 73 to 340 according to the CRS. The major part is formed by Central European sequences comprising 1256 data sets of 960 German sequences, 194 Swiss sequences, and 102 Austrian sequences. The database contains sequences from a total of 12 European, six African and three Asian countries including 100 sequences from Japan