The mutation rate in the human mtDNA control region

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1599-1609

  Sigurdardóttir, Sigrún ^a   Helgason, Agnar ^b   Gulcher, Jeffrey R ^a   Stefansson, Kári ^a   Donnelly, Peter ^b  

^a DECODE GENETICS   (Iceland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; DATA BASE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENEALOGY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; PEDIGREE; PHYLOGENY; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0346455087     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/302902     Document Type: Article

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