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A rare variant of the mtDNA HVS1 sequence in the hairs of Napoléon's family

This paper describes the finding of a rare variant in the sequence of the hypervariable segment (HVS1) of mitochondrial (mtDNA) extracted from two preserved hairs, authenticated as belonging to the French Emperor Napoléon I (Napoléon Bonaparte). This rare variant is a mutation that changes the base...

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Autor principal: Lucotte, Gérard
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2990735/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21092341
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2041-2223-1-7