Mitochondrial DNA sequence heteroplasmy in the Grand Duke of Russia Georgij Romanov establishes the authenticity of the remains of Tsar Nicholas II

Nature Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-420

  Ivanov, Pavel L ^a   Wadhams, Mark J ^b   Roby, Rhonda K ^b   Holland, Mitchell M ^b   Weedn, Victor W ^b   Parsons, Thomas J ^b  

^a ENGELHARDT INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPLICATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECOMBINANT DNA TECHNOLOGY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; USSR;

BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FAMILY; FAMOUS PERSONS; FEMALE; FORENSIC ANTHROPOLOGY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEDIGREE; POINT MUTATION; RUSSIA (PRE-1917);

EID: 0029997198     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0496-417     Document Type: Article

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