title: Heteroplasmy in the control region of human mitochondrial DNA.
abstract: The sequencing of a 360-nucleotide segment of the mt DNA control region in a population survey revealed the presence of one individual having heteroplasmy in positions 16,293 (A and G) and 16,311 (C and T). This case indicates that heteroplasmy in humans may not be as rare as generally believed.
authors.affiliation: Laboratori d'Antropologia, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Comas
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pääbo
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bertranpetit
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005820:Genetic Testing; D018859:Hair Follicle; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012045:Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial