Journal article
Truly hypervariable DNA fingerprints due to exceptionally high mutation rates
Authors list: Lubjuhn, T; Sramkova, A; Masello, JF; Quillfeldt, P; Epplen, JT
Publication year: 2002
Pages: 517-519
Journal: ELECTROPHORESIS
Volume number: 23
Issue number: 4
ISSN: 0173-0835
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
Abstract:
The power of DNA fingerprinting is due to comparatively high mutation rates of mini-satellite and microsatellite DNA sequences. Studying the mating system of a parrot species (Burrowing Parrots, Cyanoliseus patagonus) using oligonucleotide probes, we observed mutation rates that are several orders of magnitude higher than those described anywhere in the literature. Most plausibly, the respective values are based on 3-4 loci with mutation rates of up to 100%.
Citation Styles
Harvard Citation style: Lubjuhn, T., Sramkova, A., Masello, J., Quillfeldt, P. and Epplen, J. (2002) Truly hypervariable DNA fingerprints due to exceptionally high mutation rates, ELECTROPHORESIS, 23(4), pp. 517-519. https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2683(200202)23:4<517::AID-ELPS517>3.0.CO;2-3
APA Citation style: Lubjuhn, T., Sramkova, A., Masello, J., Quillfeldt, P., & Epplen, J. (2002). Truly hypervariable DNA fingerprints due to exceptionally high mutation rates. ELECTROPHORESIS. 23(4), 517-519. https://doi.org/10.1002/1522-2683(200202)23:4<517::AID-ELPS517>3.0.CO;2-3