mitochondria are membrane-enclosed organelle found in most eukaryotic cells, which known as power house in cells. this organelle transforms energy into forms that are usable by the cell. the most common psychiatric disorders such as depression and anxiety can be linked to mitochondrial disorders. furthermore, mutations of mitochondrial or nuclear dna (mtdna and ndna, respectively) have been lin...

objective mitochondrial dna (mtdna) is considered a candidate modifier factor for neuro-degenerative disorders. the most common type of ataxia is friedreich's ataxia (fa). the aim of this study was to investigate different parts of mtdna in 20 iranian fa patients and 80 age-matched controls by polymerase chain reaction (pcr) and automated dna sequencing methods to find any probable point mutati...

in order to perform breeding programs and improve production of native chickens, preserving genetic diversity in different areas of iran is important due to the reduced available population. genome sequencing is considered the most functional approach to determine the phylogeny relation between close populations. the aim of the present study was the evaluation of the phylogeny and genetic nucle...

persian gazelle (gazelle subgutturosa) is one of the most important species in the world with its wide distribution in iran the greatest number of this species in iran is associated with the gazelles in sohrain plain in sorkhabad protected region in zanjan province. considering the significance of this species in the region and the fact that no genetic studies have been conducted to determine t...

two nuclear microsatellite dna loci along with partial sequences of mitochondrial dna trna pro -d-loop region were analyzed to assess the genetic diversity and population genetic structure of spottybelly greenling ( hexagrammos agrammus ). a total of 85 individuals were investigated from two different locations at the east and the south coasts of korea which are imwonjin (im) and tongyeong (tn)...

Based on the similarity of prokaryotic DNA to that of mitochondrial DNA, a rapid and efficient method for DNA purification from mitochondrial extracts obtained from different sources, was carried out based on the modification method described by Marmur (1983) which resulted in a high degree of purity (A260/A280=2). In addition we have applied the same technique for the first time to purify...

a 9 bp deletion between cytochrome oxidase subunit ii and trna lys genes in mitochondrial dna, has proven to be an extremely informative marker for tracing population history. using the pcr-page and pcr-sscp techniques in this study, 152 dna samples collected from iranian populations were screened for the 9 bp deletion. no deletion was observed. a length polymorphism, most probably a 9 bp tripl...

background  autistic spectrum disorder (asd) is a neurodevelopmental disorder. there is a large quantity of evidence which point towards a positive correlation between autism and mitochondrial disorders (md). in addition to that, several published reports, indicate that people with neurological disorders exhibit pathological signs of mitochondrial disorders and vice versa. screening for underly...

based on the similarity of prokaryotic dna to that of mitochondrial dna, a rapid and efficient method for dna purification from mitochondrial extracts obtained from different sources, was carried out based on the modification method described by marmur (1983) which resulted in a high degree of purity (a260/a280=2). in addition we have applied the same technique for the first time to purify the ...