‘Progress’ renders detrimental an ancient mitochondrial DNA genetic variant
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Ancient mitochondrial DNA from hair
The DNA content of hair [1,2] is typically low compared to other tissues, as hair cells undergo dehydration and catabolic breakdown of nucleic acids and organelles during keratinisation [3]. As a consequence, ancient hair specimens have not been widely used as a source of ancient DNA. However, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been extracted from degraded and old hair samples, including burnt speci...
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عنوان ژورنال: Human Molecular Genetics
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1460-2083,0964-6906
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr350