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Mitochondrial genotype segregation and the bottleneck

Lawrence C. Smith, Vilceu Bordignon, Marcia M Couto, Sheila M Garcia, W. Yamazaki, Flávio Vieira Meirelles

Reproductive BioMedicine Online · 2002 · 21 citations · 31 references

Concepts

Life SciencesBiologyGeneticsMitochondrial BiologyMitochondrial GeneticsPopulation GeneticsEffective Population SizeGenetic DriftMitochondrial Genome VariationMitochondrial InheritanceMitochondrial Population GeneticsMolecular Population GeneticsBottleneck EventsMitochondrial BottlenecksMitochondrial Dna Variation

References

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Random genetic drift in the female germline explains the rapid segregation of mammalian mitochondrial DNA

Jack P. Jenuth, Alan C. Peterson, Katherine Fu et al. · Nature Genetics · 1996 · 600 citations

Medicine, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

Tissue-specific selection for different mtDNA genotypes in heteroplasmic mice

Jack P. Jenuth, Alan C. Peterson, Eric A. Shoubridge · Nature Genetics · 1997 · 454 citations

Medicine, Biology, Genetics +15

Amounts of mitochondrial DNA and abundance of some mitochondrial gene transcripts in early mouse embryos

Lajos Pikó, Kent D. Taylor · Developmental Biology · 1987 · 448 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +15

Ooplasmic transfer in mature human oocytes

Jacques Cohen · Molecular Human Reproduction · 1998 · 338 citations · Full text

Veterinary Medicine, Cell Biology, Developmental Biology +17

Marked replicative advantage of human mtDNA carrying a point mutation that causes the MELAS encephalomyopathy.

Makoto Yoneda, Anne Chomyn, Andrea Martinuzzi et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1992 · 292 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +16