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Nucleotide sequence evidence for rapid genotypic shifts in the bovine mitochondrial DNA D-loop.
Nature - 1 Jan 2000
Olivo P D, Van de Walle M J, Laipis P J, Hauswirth W W
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is unusual in its rapid rate of evolution and high level of intraspecies sequence variation. The latter is thought to be related to the strict maternal inheritance of mtDNA, which effectively isolates within a species mitochondrial gene pools that accumulate mutations and vary independently. A fundamental and as yet unexplained aspect of this process is how, in the face of somatic and...
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