Mitochondrial DNA disease and developmental implications for reproductive strategies

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 11-22

  Burgstaller, Joerg Patrick ^a,b   Johnston, Iain G ^c   Poulton, Joanna ^d  

^a Institute for Agrobiotechnology Tulln   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VETERINARY MEDICINE   (Austria)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Haplotype matching; Mitochondrial DNA; MTDNA segregation; Preventing MTDNA disease

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS TRANSPLANTATION; DEVELOPMENT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; EVOLUTION; GENETIC DATABASE; GENETICS; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MITOCHONDRION;

BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DATABASES, GENETIC; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MITOCHONDRIA; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84922448516     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: 14602407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/gau090     Document Type: Article

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