Article
Unique mutations in mitochondrial DNA of senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM) strains.
The Journal of heredity - 1 Jan 2000
Mizutani J, Chiba T, Tanaka M, Higuchi K, Mori M
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is exclusively inherited maternally and hence could offer a good method for tracing the lineage of mouse strains. We examined the mtDNA sequence of senescence-accelerated mouse (SAM) strains as well as other laboratory strains of inbred mice to deduce the ancestral strain of SAM. Four unique mutations were identified at bases 2256, 10,847, 11,181, and 13,053 in SAM strains. The mutations...
Topics
- Aging
- Aging, Premature
- Animals
- Consensus Sequence
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Mice
- Mice, Inbred Strains
- Mitochondria
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
