Article
Variable levels of a heteroplasmic point mutation in individual hair roots.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1997
Bendall K E, Macaulay V A, Sykes B C
Abstract excerpt
During direct sequencing of the first hypervariable segment of the human mitochondrial control region, we identified one individual with a heteroplasmic point mutation at nt 16,256. We used primer extension to analyze the proportions of each mitochondrial haplotype in peripheral blood, buccal cells, and single hair roots from this individual and from eight members of his maternal lineage. Significant levels of...
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