Multi-platform reassessment of human mitochondrial DNA methylation reveals signals consistent with technical artifacts
Salman Basrai, Alexander T. Bahcheli, Djarren Tan, Philip C. Zuzarte, Andrea M Bevan, Theodore Chan, Kristie Ng, Bernard Lam, Andrea Arruda, Sunit Das, Mark David Minden, Jared T. Simpson, Jüri Reimand, Sagi Abelson
This study reassesses human mitochondrial DNA methylation using multiple platforms and finds signals likely due to technical artifacts rather than biological methylation.
bioRxiv · Jun 15, 2026 · PreprintBioinformatics