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DNA, Mitochondrial

Known as: DNA, Mitochondrial [Chemical/Ingredient], mtDNA, Mitochondrial DNA 
Typically small, circular, intronless, and maternally inherited, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is the multicopy deoxyribonucleic acid genome of… 
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Review
2011
Review
2011
Mitochondrial DNA mutations in disease and aging
The small mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is very gene dense and encodes factors critical for oxidative phosphorylation… 
Highly Cited
2008
Highly Cited
2008
Preventing Mitochondrial Fission Impairs Mitochondrial Function and Leads to Loss of Mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondria form a highly dynamic tubular network, the morphology of which is regulated by frequent fission and fusion events… 
Review
2006
Review
2006
Incorporating molecular evolution into phylogenetic analysis, and a new compilation of conserved polymerase chain reaction primers for animal mitochondrial DNA
DNA data has been widely used in animal phylogenetic studies over the past 15 years. Here we review how these studies have used… 
Review
2005
Review
2005
Problems with mitochondrial DNA as a marker in population, phylogeographic and phylogenetic studies: the effects of inherited symbionts
  • G. HurstF. Jiggins
  • Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological…
  • 2005
  • Corpus ID: 13927478
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been a marker of choice for reconstructing historical patterns of population demography, admixture… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Replication and Transcription of Mammalian Mitochondrial Dna
Mitochondria are subcellular organelles, devoted mainly to energy production in the form of ATP, that contain their own genetic… 
Highly Cited
2002
Highly Cited
2002
Phylogeographic differentiation of mitochondrial DNA in Han Chinese.
To characterize the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation in Han Chinese from several provinces of China, we have sequenced the two… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Random genetic drift in the female germline explains the rapid segregation of mammalian mitochondrial DNA
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is maternally inherited in mammals. Despite the high genome copy number in mature oocytes (105) and the… 
Review
1994
Review
1994
Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation in human evolution and disease.
Germ-line and somatic mtDNA mutations are hypothesized to act together to shape our history and our health. Germ-line mtDNA… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Bcl-2 blocks apoptosis in cells lacking mitochondrial DNA
WHEN the mammalian proto-oncogene bcl-2 is overexpressed it can protect various types of cells both from normal and from… 
Review
1992
Review
1992
Diseases of the mitochondrial DNA.
INTRODUCTION . . _… 
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