Evidence from human oocytes for a genetic bottleneck in an mtDNA disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 769-775

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; KEARNS SAYRE SYNDROME; OOCYTE; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032231467     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302009     Document Type: Article

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