Homopolymeric tract heteroplasmy in mtDNA from tissues and single oocytes: Support for a genetic bottleneck

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 408-416

  Marchington, D R ^a   Hartshorne, G M ^b,d   Barlow, D ^b   Poulton, J ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA POLYMORPHISM; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENOME; GENOTYPE; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL LINE; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; OOCYTES; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 0031035454     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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