Paternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in the sheep (Ovine aries).
Paternal inheritance of mitochondria DNA in sheep was discovered by examination of 152 sheep from 38 hybrid families for mtDNA D-loop polymorphisms using PCR-RFLP, amplification of repeated sequence somain, and PCR-SSCP of the D-loop 5' end region of a 253 bp fragment. Our findings have provided the first evidence of paternal inheritance of mtDNA in sheep and possible mechanisms of paternal inheritance were discussed.
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Department of Animal Science and Technology, China Agricultural University, 100094, Beijing, China, zhxb@btamail.net.cn.
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