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DNA, Mitochondrial
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DNA, Mitochondrial [Chemical/Ingredient]
, mtDNA
, Mitochondrial DNA
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Typically small, circular, intronless, and maternally inherited, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the multicopy deoxyribonucleic acid genome of…
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Extrachromosomal Inheritance
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation
M. van Oven
,
M. Kayser
Human Mutation
2009
Corpus ID: 27566749
Human mitochondrial DNA is widely used as tool in many fields including evolutionary anthropology and population history, medical…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Dating of the human-ape splitting by a molecular clock of mitochondrial DNA
M. Hasegawa
,
H. Kishino
,
T. Yano
Journal of Molecular Evolution
2005
Corpus ID: 25554168
SummaryA new statistical method for estimating divergence dates of species from DNA sequence data by a molecular clock approach…
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Highly Cited
2005
Highly Cited
2005
Mitochondrial DNA Mutations, Oxidative Stress, and Apoptosis in Mammalian Aging
G. Kujoth
,
A. Hiona
,
+15 authors
T. Prolla
Science
2005
Corpus ID: 23993160
Mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) accumulate in tissues of mammalian species and have been hypothesized to contribute to…
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Highly Cited
2004
Highly Cited
2004
Premature ageing in mice expressing defective mitochondrial DNA polymerase
A. Trifunovic
,
A. Wredenberg
,
+10 authors
N. Larsson
Nature
2004
Corpus ID: 4327793
Point mutations and deletions of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) accumulate in a variety of tissues during ageing in humans, monkeys…
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Review
1999
Review
1999
Animal mitochondrial genomes.
J. Boore
Nucleic Acids Research
1999
Corpus ID: 17907072
Animal mitochondrial DNA is a small, extrachromosomal genome, typically approximately 16 kb in size. With few exceptions, all…
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Highly Cited
1997
Highly Cited
1997
Mitochondrial DNA damage is more extensive and persists longer than nuclear DNA damage in human cells following oxidative stress.
F. Yakes
,
B. Van Houten
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1997
Corpus ID: 22998735
A significant amount of reactive oxygen species (ROS) is generated during mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation. Several…
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Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Estimation of the number of nucleotide substitutions in the control region of mitochondrial DNA in humans and chimpanzees.
K. Tamura
,
M. Nei
Molecular biology and evolution
1993
Corpus ID: 13857947
Examining the pattern of nucleotide substitution for the control region of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in humans and chimpanzees…
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Highly Cited
1989
Highly Cited
1989
Dynamics of mitochondrial DNA evolution in animals: amplification and sequencing with conserved primers.
T. Kocher
,
W. Thomas
,
+4 authors
A. Wilson
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1989
Corpus ID: 13226887
With a standard set of primers directed toward conserved regions, we have used the polymerase chain reaction to amplify…
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Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Deletions of muscle mitochondrial DNA in patients with mitochondrial myopathies
I. Holt
,
A. Harding
,
J. Morgan-Hughes
Nature
1988
Corpus ID: 4248634
In vitro studies of muscle mitochondrial metabolism in patients with mitochondrial myopathy have identified a variety of…
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Highly Cited
1987
Highly Cited
1987
Rates of nucleotide substitution vary greatly among plant mitochondrial, chloroplast, and nuclear DNAs.
K. H. Wolfe
,
W. Li
,
P. Sharp
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
1987
Corpus ID: 2836269
Comparison of plant mitochondrial (mt), chloroplast (cp) and nuclear (n) DNA sequences shows that the silent substitution rate in…
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