Unreliable mtDNA data due to nuclear insertions: A cautionary tale from analysis of humans and other great apes

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 321-335

  Thalmann, O ^a   Hebler, J ^a   Poinar, H N ^a,b,c   Paabo S ^a,c   Vigilant, L ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY ANTHROPOLOGY   (Germany)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Max Planck Inst of Evol Anthropol ^*

Author keywords

Barcode; Gorilla; Long range PCR; Numt; Phylogeography; Pseudogene

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PRIMER DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE ORDER; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; HOMINID; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENE ORDER; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RESEARCH DESIGN; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC; VARIATION (GENETICS);

ANIMALIA; HOMINIDAE; PAN (APE);

EID: 0942267968     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2003.02070.x     Document Type: Article

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