Linkage disequilibrium and recombination in hominid mitochondrial DNA

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Awadalla, P
Eyre-Walker, A [1 ]
Smith, JM
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[1] Univ Sussex, Ctr Study Evolut, Brighton BN1 9QG, E Sussex, England
[2] Univ Sussex, Sch Biol Sci, Brighton BN1 9QG, E Sussex, England
[3] Univ Edinburgh, Inst Cell Anim & Populat Biol, Edinburgh EH9 1JT, Midlothian, Scotland
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10.1126/science.286.5449.2524
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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The assumption that human mitochondrial DNA is inherited from one parent only and therefore does not recombine is questionable, Linkage disequilibrium in human and chimpanzee mitochondrial DNA declines as a function of the distance between sites, This pattern can be attributed to one mechanism only: recombination.
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