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Linkage Disequilibrium and Recombination in Hominid Mitochondrial DNA

Year: 1999

Type: article

Abstract: The assumption that human mitochondrial DNA is inherited from one parent only and therefore does not recombine is questionable. Linkage disequilibrium in human and chimpanzee mitochondrial DNA declines as a function of the distance between sites. This pattern can be attributed to one mechanism only: recombination.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.286.5449.2524

Authors: Philip Awadalla, Adam Eyre-Walker, John Maynard Smith

Institutions: University of Edinburgh, University of Sussex

Language: English

Topic: Forensic and Genetic Research

Subfield: Genetics

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010211127

FWCI: 16.18

Cites: 37

Cited by: 336

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