Stable heteroplasmy but differential inheritance of a large mitochondrial DNA deletion in nematodes

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 645-654

  Tsang, William Y ^a   Lemire, Bernard D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caenorhabditis elegans; Heteroplasmy; Inheritance; mtDNA copy number; mtDNA deletion

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DISEASES; MUTAGENESIS; STRAIN;

NEMATODES;

DNA;

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; DNA CONTENT; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; GENE DELETION; GENE SEGREGATION; HETEROPLASMY; HOMOPLASY; NEMATODE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROGENY;

ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; GENOMIC IMPRINTING; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE DELETION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; INVERTEBRATA; NEMATODA;

EID: 0036965994     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/o02-135     Document Type: Article

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