Evaluating length heteroplasmy in the human mitochondrial DNA control region

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 133-142

  Forster, Lucy ^a   Forster, Peter ^a,b,c   Gurney, Susan M R ^d   Spencer, Matthew ^e   Huang, Christopher ^f   Röhl, Arne ^a,c   Brinkmann, Bernd ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b CHURCHILL COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Genetic Ancestor Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g Institute of Forensic Genetics   (Germany)

Author keywords

C stretch; D loop; Displacement loop; Indel; Kerala; Monazite; Mutagenesis; Radioactivity; Thorium

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CHILD; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; REGULATOR GENE;

ALLELES; BACKGROUND RADIATION; CHILD; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOCUS CONTROL REGION; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

EID: 77649237828     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: 14371596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00414-009-0385-0     Document Type: Article

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