Heteroplasmic substitutions in the mitochondrial DNA control region in mother and child samples

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 27-30

  Huhne J ^a   Pfeiffer, H ^a   Brinkmann, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heteroplasmic point mutation; Hypervariable region; Length heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; MUTATION RATE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GERMANY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PATERNITY; POINT MUTATION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 0032452372     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140050193     Document Type: Article

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