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Germline selection shapes human mitochondrial DNA diversity

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Approximately 2.4% of the human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) genome exhibits common homoplasmic genetic variation. We analyzed 12,975 whole-genome sequences to show that 45.1% of individuals from 1526 mother-offspring pairs harbor a mixed population of mtDNA (heteroplasmy), but the propensity for maternal transmission differs across the mitochondrial genome. Over one generation, we observed selection both for and against variants in specific genomic regions; known variants were more likely to be...

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10.1126/science.aau6520

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Science Journal website
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364
Issue:
6442
Article number:
eaau6520
Publication date:
2019-05-24
Acceptance date:
2019-03-21
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1095-9203
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0036-8075
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31123110
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2019-03-26

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