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The diversity present in 5140 human mitochondrial genomes.
American journal of human genetics - 1 May 2009
Pereira Luísa, Freitas Fernando, Fernandes Verónica, Pereira Joana B, Costa Marta D, Costa Stephanie, Máximo Valdemar, Macaulay Vincent, Rocha Ricardo, Samuels David C
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed the current status (as of the end of August 2008) of human mitochondrial genomes deposited in GenBank, amounting to 5140 complete or coding-region sequences, in order to present an overall picture of the diversity present in the mitochondrial DNA of the global human population. To perform this task, we developed mtDNA-GeneSyn, a computer tool that identifies and exhaustedly classifies the diversity...
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