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Revealing the hidden complexities of mtDNA inheritance.

Molecular ecology - 1 Dec 2008

White Daniel James, Wolff Jonci Nikolai, Pierson Melanie, Gemmell Neil John

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is a pivotal tool in molecular ecology, evolutionary and population genetics. The power of mtDNA analyses derives from a relatively high mutation rate and the apparent simplicity of mitochondrial inheritance (maternal, without recombination), which has simplified modelling population history compared to the analysis of nuclear DNA. However, in biology things are seldom simple, and...

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PMID: 19120984
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-294X.2008.03982.x

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