Transmission of mitochondrial DNA diseases and ways to prevent them

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Poulton, Joanna ^a   Chiaratti, Marcos R ^a,b   Meirelles, Flávio V ^b   Kennedy, Stephen ^a   Wells, Dagan ^a   Holt, Ian J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EMBRYO TRANSFER; ETHICS; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SELECTION; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENETIC COUNSELING; HUMANS; MICE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 77957337688     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1001066     Document Type: Review

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