Relaxed replication of mtDNA: A model with implications for the expression of disease

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1158-1165

  Chinnery, Patrick F ^a,b   Samuels, David C ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELISM; ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENE NUMBER; GENETIC DISORDER; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033358580     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302311     Document Type: Article

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