The mitochondrial genome: Mutation, selection and recombination

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 667-672

  Ballard, J W O ^a   Dean, M D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PROTEIN;

DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC SELECTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035546158     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00251-3     Document Type: Review

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