| Introducing human population biology through an easy laboratory exercise on mitochondrial DNA. | |
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PMID: 21567805 Owner: NLM Status: In-Data-Review |
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This article describes an easy and cheap laboratory exercise for students to discover their own mitochondrial haplogroup. Students use buccal swabs to obtain mucosa cells as noninvasive tissue samples, extract DNA, and with a simple polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis they can obtain DNA fragments of different sizes that can be visualized in agarose gels. The analysis of these fragments can reveal the mitochondrial haplogroup of each student. The results of the exercise can be used to provide additional insights into the genetic variation of human populations. |
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Antonio F Pardiñas; Eduardo Dopico; Agustín Roca; Eva Garcia-Vazquez; Belen Lopez |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Biochemistry and molecular biology education : a bimonthly publication of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Volume: 38 ISSN: 1539-3429 ISO Abbreviation: Biochem Mol Biol Educ Publication Date: 2010 Mar |
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Created Date: 2011-05-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 100970605 Medline TA: Biochem Mol Biol Educ Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 110-5 Citation Subset: - |
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Copyright © 2010 International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Inc. |
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Departamento de Biología de Organismos y Sistemas, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Spain. |
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