Distribution patterns of postmortem damage in human mitochondrial DNA

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 32-47

  Gilbert, M Thomas P ^a   Willerslev, Eske ^b   Hansen, Anders J ^b   Barnes, Ian ^a,c   Rudbeck, Lars ^b   Lynnerup, Niels ^b   Cooper, Alan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CADAVER; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DETERMINATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037219039     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/345378     Document Type: Article

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