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Mitochondrial genome single nucleotide polymorphisms and their phenotypes in the Japanese.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2004
Tanaka Masashi, Takeyasu Takeshi, Fuku Noriyuki, Li-Jun Guo, Kurata Miyuki
Abstract excerpt
Polymorphisms in the human mitochondrial genome have been used for the elucidation of phylogenetic relationships among various ethnic groups. Because analysis by mitochondrial genetics has detected pathogenic mutations causing mitochondrial encephalomyopathy or cardiomyopathy, most of the mitochondrial single nucleotide polymorphisms (mtSNPs) found in control subjects have been regarded as merely normal variants....
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