Journal article
Unreliable mtDNA data due to nuclear insertions: a cautionary tale from analysis of humans and other great apes
Abstract
Analysis of mitochondrial DNA sequence variation has been used extensively to study the evolutionary relationships of individuals and populations, both within and across species. So ubiquitous and easily acquired are mtDNA data that it has been suggested that such data could serve as a taxonomic 'barcode' for an objective species classification scheme. However, there are technical pitfalls associated with the acquisition of mtDNA data. One …
Authors
Thalmann O; Hebler J; Poinar HN; Pääbo S; Vigilant L
Journal
Molecular Ecology, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 321–335
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
February 2004
DOI
10.1046/j.1365-294x.2003.02070.x
ISSN
0962-1083