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Different methods to determine length heteroplasmy within the mitochondrial control region.
International journal of legal medicine - 1 Oct 2004
Lutz-Bonengel Sabine, Sänger Timo, Pollak Stefan, Szibor Reinhard
Abstract excerpt
The first and second hypervariable regions of the human mitochondrial DNA control region contain two homopolymeric stretches of cytosine (nt 16184-16193 and nt303-315, respectively). According to the Cambridge reference sequence these homopolymeric stretches are interrupted by thymine (T), at positions 16189 and 310, respectively. Monotonous runs of the same base have been suggested to be hot spots for mutations,...
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