Mitochondrial DNA in polish centenarians.
Mitochondrial haplogroups can differ in frequency of occurrence in those who are 100 years old and in the rest of the population. These differences are not universally observed; moreover, they are population-specific. We analyzed the haplogroups in 97 Polish 100-year-olds and compared them with those of more than 145 people who served as controls. No statistically significant differences were observed. In additions, we checked D-loop sequences in 31 controls and in some of the centenarians. Statistically significant differences were found for sites 73 and 152 in the D-loop.
Lorenc
Anna
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Postgraduate School of Molecular Medicine, Warsaw, Poland.
Tonska
Katarzyna
K
Kabzinska
Dagmara
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Bartnik
Ewa
E