Heteroplasmy in the mtDNA of a dicygotic twin pair;Heteroplasmie der mtDNA bei einem zweieiigen zwillingspaar

Archiv fur Kriminologie

Volumn 211, Issue 3-4, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Kramer, Nadine ^a   Heidorn, Frank ^a   Weiler, Günter ^a   Verhoff, Marcel A ^a  

^a c/o Institut für Rechtsmedizin ^*

Author keywords

Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA; Twins

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIZYGOTIC TWINS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOMATIC MUTATION;

ADOLESCENT; AUTOPSY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MULTIPLE TRAUMA; MUTATION; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 0037358906     PISSN: 00039225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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