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Methodology for Accurate Detection of Mitochondrial DNA Methylation
Published on: May 20, 2018
Mitochondrial DNA variant 11719G is a marker for the mtDNA haplogroup cluster HV
J Saillard1, P J Magalhães, M Schwartz
1Laboratory of Biological Anthropology, Institute of Forensic Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
Human Biology
|March 10, 2001
Abstract:
Based on sequencing data and results obtained from applying a tailored mismatch polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) analysis, we report that the G allele of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) polymorphism at nucleotide position 11719 is associated with the European mtDNA haplogroup cluster HV, and that 11719A is therefore the ancestral allele.
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