Misconceptions about mitochondria and mammalian fertilization: Implications for theories on human evolution

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 93, Issue 24, 1996, Pages 13859-13863

  Ankel Simons, Friderun ^a   Cummins, Jim M ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

evolutionary theory; mammalian fertilization; paternal mitochondria

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CONFERENCE PAPER; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPERMATOZOON TAIL; TAXONOMY;

HOMO SAPIENS; MAMMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030447980     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.93.24.13859     Document Type: Article

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