Introducing human population biology through an easy laboratory exercise on Mitochondrial DNA

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 110-115

  Pardiñas, Antonio F ^a   Dopico, Eduardo ^a   Roca, Agustín ^b   Garcia Vazquez, Eva ^b   Lopez, Belen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Human genetics; Mitochondrial DNA; PCR; Population biology; RFLP

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949341315     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20365     Document Type: Article

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