Can paternal mtDNA be inherited?

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Volumn 355, Issue 9212, 2000, Pages 1290-1291

  Morris, A A M ^a   Lightowlers, R N ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FATHER; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; HEREDITARY OPTIC ATROPHY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MOTHER; NOTE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0034655568     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)02106-1     Document Type: Note

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