Mitochondrial replacement, evolution, and the clinic

Science

Volumn 341, Issue 6152, 2013, Pages 1345-1346

  Reinhardt, Klaus ^a,b   Dowling, Damian K ^c   Morrow, Edward H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH RISK; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT; RESEARCH WORK;

CYTOPLASM; DISORDERS OF MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTIONS; EVOLUTION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HEREDITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EMBRYO; INHERITANCE; MACACA; MITOCHONDRIAL REPLACEMENT; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OOCYTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SHORT SURVEY; SUBSTITUTION THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE THERAPY; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MOUSE; MUTATION; RISK; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; GENETIC THERAPY; GERM CELLS; HUMANS; MACACA; MALE; MICE; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUTATION; OOCYTES; RISK;

EID: 84884643465     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1237146     Document Type: Short Survey

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