Article
How rapidly does the human mitochondrial genome evolve?
American journal of human genetics - 1 Sept 1996
Howell N, Kubacka I, Mackey D A
Abstract excerpt
The results of an empirical nucleotide-sequencing approach indicate that the evolution of the human mitochondrial noncoding D-loop is both more rapid and more complex than is revealed by standard phylogenetic approaches. The nucleotide sequence of the D-loop region of the mitochondrial genome was...
Topics
- Child
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Evolution, Molecular
- Female
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Male
- Mutation
- Optic Atrophies, Hereditary
- Pedigree
- Recombination, Genetic