A high observed substitution rate in the human mitochondrial DNA control region

Nature Genetics

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 363-368

  Parsons, Thomas J ^a   Muniec, David S ^a   Sullivan, Kevin ^b   Woodyatt, Nicola ^b   Alliston Greiner, Rosemary ^b   Wilson, Mark R ^c   Berry, Dianna L ^d   Holland, Koren A ^d   Weedn, Victor W ^a   Gill, Peter ^b   Holland, Mitchell M ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b FORENSIC SCIENCE SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^c FBI LABORATORY   (United States)

^d GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BIODIVERSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEIC ACID BASE SUBSTITUTION; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MALE; MUTAGENESIS; PEDIGREE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0030898192     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng0497-363     Document Type: Article

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