Do mitochondria recombine in humans?

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 355, Issue 1403, 2000, Pages 1573-1580

  Eyre Walker, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Human; Mitochondrial DNA; Recombination

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAY; CLONALITY; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034731036     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2000.0718     Document Type: Article

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