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. 1999 Dec 24;286(5449):2524-5.
doi: 10.1126/science.286.5449.2524.

Linkage disequilibrium and recombination in hominid mitochondrial DNA

P Awadalla  1 , A Eyre-Walker, J M Smith
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Linkage disequilibrium and recombination in hominid mitochondrial DNA

P Awadalla et al. Science. .

Abstract

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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