The RHNumtS compilation: Features and bioinformatics approaches to locate and quantify Human NumtS

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>To a greater or lesser extent, eukaryotic nuclear genomes contain fragments of their mitochondrial genome counterpart, deriving from the random insertion of damaged mtDNA fragments. NumtS (Nuclear mt Sequences) are not equally abunda...

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Main Authors: Saccone Cecilia, Romeo Giovanni, Gasparre Giuseppe, Castellana Stefano, Lascaro Daniela, Attimonelli Marcella
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-06-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/9/267