Can indirect tests detect a known recombination event in human mtDNA?

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1435-1439

  White, Daniel James ^a,b   Gemmell, Neil John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Detection; Human; Indirect; MtDNA; Recombination

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOMOPLASY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; POPULATION GENETICS;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MITOCHONDRIA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 67649317029     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msp073     Document Type: Article

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