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Mitochondrial mutations
Homoplasmic mutations in mitochondrial DNA cause severe respiratory chain defects.
Email: Jonathan B Weitzman - jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com News from The Scientist 2002, 3(1):20020129-01
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Mutations in the mitochondrial genome have been associated with several genetic diseases. In an Advanced Online Publication of Nature Genetics, Robert McFarland and colleagues from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne describe an unusual family with a homoplasmic mitochondrial mutation (involving all copies of the mitochondrial genome) (Nat Genet 2002, DOI:10.1038/ng819).
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