Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA recombinants in double-heteroplasmic families: Potential implications for phylogenetic analysis

American Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 298-305

  Zsurka, Gábor ^a   Hampel, Kevin G ^a   Kudina, Tatiana ^a   Kornblum, Cornelia ^a   Kraytsberg, Yevgenia ^b   Elger, Christian E ^a   Khrapko, Konstantin ^b   Kunz, Wolfram S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; RECOMBINANT DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GERM LINE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE DATABASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

EID: 33846590434     PISSN: 00029297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/511282     Document Type: Article

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