Reappraising the human mitochondrial DNA recombination dogma
Simόn Perera, Amanda Ramos, Luis Álvarez, D. Nuñez Jurado, Maria Guardiola-Ripoll, Manuela Caroline Ferreira Lima, María Pilar Aluja, Cristina Maria Pereira dos Santos
This study provides direct and indirect evidence of frequent mtDNA recombination in humans, challenging the non-recombination dogma and its implications for evolutionary history and disease.
bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2018 · PreprintMolecular Biology