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Complete mtDNA genomes reveal similar penetrances of maternally inherited type 2 diabetes in two Chinese families.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 May 2016
Yang Ying, Zhou Taicheng, Peng Minsheng, Liu Yongying, Li Yiping, Wang Huawei, Irwin David M, Zhang Yaping
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Previous work suggests that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) derived from the maternal genome has a close affinity with type 2 diabetes. This would support a familial pattern for type 2 diabetes. Thereby, we analyzed complete mtDNA genomes from two families, A and B, from Southwest China that demonstrat...
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