Investigation of heteroplasmy in the human mitochondrial DNA control region: A synthesis of observations from more than 5000 global population samples

Journal of Molecular Evolution

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 516-527

  Irwin, Jodi A ^a   Saunier, Jessica L ^a   Niederstätter, Harald ^b   Strouss, Katharine M ^c   Sturk, Kimberly A ^a   Diegoli, Toni M ^a   Brandstätter, Anita ^b   Parson, Walther ^b   Parsons, Thomas J ^d  

^a Research Department   (United States)

^b INNSBRUCK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Austria)

^c SEATTLE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d International Commission on Missing Persons   (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Author keywords

Control region; Heteroplasmy; Mitochondrial DNA; Mutation rate

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA EXTRACTION; ETHNIC AND RACIAL GROUPS; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION RATE; ORAL BIOPSY; POPULATION DIFFERENTIATION;

BASE SEQUENCE; BLOOD SPECIMEN COLLECTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETICS, POPULATION; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67349134670     PISSN: 00222844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00239-009-9227-4     Document Type: Article

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