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Douglas C. Wallace

Researcher at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Publications -  495
Citations -  77420

Douglas C. Wallace is an academic researcher from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mitochondrial DNA & Mitochondrion. The author has an hindex of 134, co-authored 475 publications receiving 72035 citations. Previous affiliations of Douglas C. Wallace include University of California & Stanford University.

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Genetic test for hereditary neuromuscular disease

TL;DR: In this article, a method and manufacture for detecting neuromuscular disease, particularly Leber's hereditary optic neuropathy, by ascertaining whether a point mutation has occurred at the 11778 nucleotide position in the mitochondrial DNA of a patient.
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A Mitochondrial Etiology of Neuropsychiatric Disorders

TL;DR: The mtDNA has a very high mutation rate and new mutations arise regularly, initially giving rise to mixtures of mutant and normal mtDNAs (heteroplasmy).
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Mitochondrial DNA and Y Chromosome-Specific Polymorphisms in the Seminole Tribe of Florida

TL;DR: The findings support historical evidence that the Seminole tribe has integrated individuals of European and African ancestry, but suggests that the sex ratio of nonnatives from different continents may have varied.