Erroneous claims about the impact of mitochondrial DNA sequence database errors

Comparative Study

Agnar Helgason et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Oct.

. 2003 Oct;73(4):974-5.

doi: 10.1086/378780.

No abstract available

Comment on

Errors, phantoms and otherwise, in human mtDNA sequences.
Herrnstadt C, Preston G, Howell N. Herrnstadt C, et al. Am J Hum Genet. 2003 Jun;72(6):1585-6. doi: 10.1086/375406. Am J Hum Genet. 2003. PMID: 12817588 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

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