Replacement of bovine mitochondrial DNA by a sequence variant within one generation.

doi:10.1093/genetics/129.1.247

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Replacement of bovine mitochondrial DNA by a sequence variant within one generation.

Genetics - 1 Sept 1991

Koehler C M, Lindberg G L, Brown D R, Beitz D C, Freeman A E, Mayfield J E, Myers A M

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Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in Holstein cattle was characterized by pedigree analysis of nucleotide sequence variation. mtDNA was purified from leukocytes of 174 individuals representing 35 independent maternal lineages, and analyzed for nucleotide sequence variation by characterizat...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Base Sequence
Cattle
DNA, Mitochondrial
Female
Genetic Variation
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Pedigree
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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