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Recombination or mutational hot spots in human mtDNA?
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Jul 2002
Innan Hideki, Nordborg Magnus
Abstract excerpt
Awadalla, Eyre-Walker, and Maynard Smith (1999) recently argued that there might be recombination in human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Their claim was based on their observation of decaying linkage disequilibrium (LD) as a function of physical distance. Their study was much criticized, and follow-up studies have failed to find any evidence for recombination. We argue that the criticisms levied, even if correct,...
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