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MitoRS, a method for high throughput, sensitive, and accurate detection of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy.
BMC genomics - 26 Apr 2017
Marquis Julien, Lefebvre Gregory, Kourmpetis Yiannis A I, Kassam Mohamed, Ronga Frédéric, De Marchi Umberto, Wiederkehr Andreas, Descombes Patrick
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BACKGROUND: Mitochondrial dysfunction is linked to numerous pathological states, in particular related to metabolism, brain health and ageing. Nuclear encoded gene polymorphisms implicated in mitochondrial functions can be analyzed in the context of classical genome wide association studies. By contrast, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants are more challenging to identify and analyze for several reasons. First,...
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