Does human mtDNA recombine?

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2001, Pages 430-435

  Eyre Walker, Adam ^a   Awadalla, Philip ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human evolution; Human genetics; Mitochondria; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DNA SEQUENCE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENE; REVIEW;

CELL NUCLEUS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MODELS, GENETIC; PATERNITY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOGENES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034817685     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002390010232     Document Type: Review

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