Nucleotide sequence evidence for rapid genotypic shifts in the bovine mitochondrial DNA D-loop.

doi:10.1038/306400a0

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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

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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 an...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Biological Evolution
Cattle
DNA, Mitochondrial
Genetic Variation
Pedigree
RNA, Transfer

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