The frequency of heteroplasmy in the HVII region of mtDNA differs across tissue types and increases with age

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1384-1397

  Calloway, Cassandra D ^a,b   Reynolds, Rebecca L ^b   Herrin Jr , George L ^c   Anderson, Wyatt W ^a  

^a University of Georgia ^*  (United States)

^b ROCHE MOLECULAR SYSTEMS   (United States)

^c Georgia Bureau of Investigation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAIN TISSUE; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUSCLE TISSUE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE PROBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033941178     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302844     Document Type: Article

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