The mitochondrial DNA genetic bottleneck results from replication of a subpopulation of genomes

Nature Genetics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1484-1488

  Wai, Timothy ^a   Teoli, Daniella ^a   Shoubridge, Eric A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DEVELOPMENTAL GENETICS; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; HETEROPLASMY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, TRANSGENIC; OOCYTES;

MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 56749180593     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: 15461718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ng.258     Document Type: Article

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