Materials and methods
2.3. Data analysis
2.1. Organisational basis
The D-Loop-BASE database presently contains a
All database activities are based on the Consent total number of 1410 sequences, most of them
Agreement between the members. This agreement originating from Central European Caucasians.
forms the basis of their co-operation and contains Today 1285 of the 1410 sequences in the HV1 and
provisions regarding the aims of the central database. HV2 regions cover the full ranges from 16 051 to
However, the essential point of this co-operative 16 365 and from 73 to 340 according to the CRS.
consent is confidence. The major part is formed by Central European
The main aims of the database are: sequences comprising 1256 data sets of 960 German
• Collection and management of mitochondrial D- sequences, 194 Swiss sequences, and 102 Austrian
loop sequences which have been exclusively sequences. The database contains sequences from a
analysed by the institutes mentioned above and total of 12 European, six African and three Asian
are available in the form of signed data sheets;