How clonal are human mitochondria?

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 266, Issue 1418, 1999, Pages 477-483

  Eyre Walker, Adam ^a   Smith, Noel H ^a   Maynard Smith, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Clonal; Mitochondria; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033531434     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.1999.0662     Document Type: Article

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