Mitigating mutational meltdown in mammalian mitochondria

PLoS Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 0229-0232

  Rand, David M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

DNA DENATURATION; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; RESPIRATORY CHAIN; REVIEW; SYMBIOSIS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MUTATION;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; MAMMALS; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 40149088460     PISSN: 15449173     EISSN: 15457885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.0060035     Document Type: Review

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