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Sheep mitochondrial heteroplasmy arises from tandem motifs and unspecific PCR amplification.
Mitochondrial DNA. Part A, DNA mapping, sequencing, and analysis - 1 Jan 2018
E Guang-Xin, Zhao Yong-Ju, Huang Yong-Fu
Abstract excerpt
The mitochondrial DNA control region (D-loop) is a widely used molecular marker in evolutionary and phylogeographic research. However, the occurrence of heteroplasmy of the D-loop region within individuals has rarely been investigated. In this study, a total of 85 Chinese sheep were used to amplify a partial D-loop region, and 15 heteroplasmic animals (17.64%) were identified. A comparative analysis of the PCR...
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