Erroneous Claims about the Impact of Mitochondrial DNA Sequence Database Errors [2]

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 974-975

  Helgason, Agnar ^a   Stefánsson, Kári ^a  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DATA BASE; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEALTH STATISTICS; HUMAN; ICELAND; LETTER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN EUROPE; Y CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0142027579     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/378780     Document Type: Letter

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