title: Linkage disequilibrium and recombination in hominid mitochondrial DNA.
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.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Cell, Animal and Population Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 1JT, UK.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Awadalla
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eyre-Walker
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Smith
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D005220:Fathers; D005260:Female; D015186:Hominidae / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium; D008297:Male; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase / Q000235:genetics; D002679:Pan troglodytes / Q000235:genetics*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D011995:Recombination, Genetic
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D009245:NADH Dehydrogenase