Mitochondrial DNA mutation load: Chance or destiny?

JAMA Neurology

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1484-1485

  DiMauro, Salvatore ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

BLASTOCYST; BRAIN DISEASE; DNA REPLICATION; EDITORIAL; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; LEBER HEREDITARY OPTIC NEUROPATHY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; OOCYTE MATURATION; OVARY FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT; PHENOTYPE; PRIMORDIAL GERM CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84890382978     PISSN: 21686149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.4401     Document Type: Editorial

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