Reanalysis of mtDNA mutations of human primordial germ cells (PGCs) reveals NUMT contamination and suggests that selection in PGCs may be positive

Mitochondrial Pseudogenes Suggest Repeated Inter-Species Hybridization among Direct Human Ancestors

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Dynamics of the most common pathogenic mtDNA variant m.3243A > G demonstrate frequency-dependency in blood and positive selection in the germline

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Author Correction: Segregation of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy through a developmental genetic bottleneck in human embryos

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Comprehensive molecular characterization of mitochondrial genomes in human cancers

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Can detrimental mtDNA mutations be under positive selection in the germline?

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Author Correction: Nuclear-mitochondrial DNA segments resemble paternally inherited mitochondrial DNA in humans

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No further evidence for paternal leakage of mitochondrial DNA in humans yet

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Germline selection shapes human mitochondrial DNA diversity

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Quasi-Mendelian paternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA: A notorious artifact, or anticipated behavior?

(2019) Sofia Annis et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A Nuclear mtDNA Concatemer (Mega-NUMT) Could Mimic Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial Genome

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Mutation-specific effects in germline transmission of pathogenic mtDNA variants

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Segregation of mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy through a developmental genetic bottleneck in human embryos

(2018) Vasileios I. Floros et al.   NATURE CELL BIOLOGY

Pathogenic Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Are Common in the General Population

(2008) Hannah R. Elliott et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN GENETICS

A Mouse Model of Mitochondrial Disease Reveals Germline Selection Against Severe mtDNA Mutations

(2008) Weiwei Fan et al.   SCIENCE

Strong Purifying Selection in Transmission of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA

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