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Nuclear insertion sequences of mitochondrial DNA predominate in hair but not in blood of elephants
Article first published online: 4 JAN 2002
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00507.x
1999 Blackwell Science Ltd
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Greenwood, A. D. and Pääbo, S. (1999), Nuclear insertion sequences of mitochondrial DNA predominate in hair but not in blood of elephants. Molecular Ecology, 8: 133–137. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.1999.00507.x
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- Article first published online: 4 JAN 2002
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Keywords:
- elephants;
- ex-mitochondrial sequences;
- hair DNA;
- mitochondrial-like nuclear sequences;
- mtDNA;
- nulcear mtDNA insertions
Hair has become a widely used source of DNA in population genetics, forensics, and conservation biology. Here we report that PCR primers that amplify a segment of the mitochondrial control region from blood DNA amplify primarily integrated nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA from hair DNA. Thus, in some species, and under some circumstances, DNA from hair may yield unreliable results.