Mitochondrial data

HVR-I
12 May 2007
mtDNA hypervariable region I (HVR-I)
mitochondrial haplogroup-specific markers
12 May 2007

References
Samuels DC, Carothers AD, Horton R, Chinnery PF. The power to detect disease associations with mitochondrial DNA haplogroups. Am J Hum Genet. 2006 Apr;78(4):713-20. PMID: #16532401#
mitochondrial DNA in population genetics
30 September 2005
mitochondrial genome
mitochondrial Eve
30 September 2005

Books
The Real Eve: Modern Man’s Journey Out of Africa. by Stephen Oppenheimer. Hardcover: 440 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.63 x 9.58 x 6.38. Publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers; (July 2003) ISBN: 0786711922 (Link to amazon.com)
The Seven Daughters of Eve. by Bryan Sykes. Paperback: 306 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.76 x 8.26 x 5.49. Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; (May 1, 2002). ISBN: 0393323145 (Link to amazon.com)
References
Les sept filles d’Eve. de Bryan (...)
mtDNA selection
28 September 2005
mtDNA evolution
mtDNA control region
28 September 2005

The mutation rate of the mitochondrial control region has been widely used to calibrate human population history.
References
Sigurgardottir S, Helgason A, Gulcher JR, Stefansson K, Donnelly P. The mutation rate in the human mtDNA control region. Am J Hum Genet. 2000 May;66(5):1599-609. PMID: #10756141#
mitochondrial Eve
23 November 2003

Links
The scientists behind Mitochondrial Eve tell us about the "lucky mother" who changed human evolution forever. http://t.co/mMIlUCDM
References
Hagelberg E. Recombination or mutation rate heterogeneity? Implications for Mitochondrial Eve. Trends Genet. 2003 Feb;19(2):84-90. PMID: #12547517#
mtDNA in phylogeny
14 November 2003
mitochondrial DNA in phylogeny
HVS-II
12 November 2003
hypervariable segment II
HVS-I
12 November 2003
hypervariable segment I

Technical section