Charles Darwin's mitochondria

Genetics

Volumn 194, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 21-25

  Hayman, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARSENIC POISONING; ARTICLE; ATOPIC DERMATITIS; CASE REPORT; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME; DISEASE DURATION; DYSAUTONOMIA; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FAMILY; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE MUTATION; GRIEF; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IRRITABLE COLON; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MITOCHONDRION; MOTHER; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOGENESIS; SIBLING; VISUAL DISORDER;

DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ENGLAND; FAMILY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HUMANS; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES;

EID: 84877089702     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.113.151241     Document Type: Article

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