Maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA by diverse mechanisms to eliminate paternal mitochondrial DNA
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عنوان ژورنال: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Molecular Cell Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0167-4889
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2013.03.010