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Rebecca L. Cann
Researcher at University of Hawaii
Publications - 12
Citations - 4589
Rebecca L. Cann is an academic researcher from University of Hawaii. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mitochondrial DNA & Human mitochondrial genetics. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 11 publications receiving 4481 citations. Previous affiliations of Rebecca L. Cann include University of California, San Francisco & University of California, Berkeley.
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Mitochondrial DNA and human evolution
TL;DR: All these mitochondrial DMAs stem from one woman who is postulated to have lived about 200,000 years ago, probably in Africa, implying that each area was colonised repeatedly.
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Mitochondrial DNA and two perspectives on evolutionary genetics
Allan C. Wilson,Rebecca L. Cann,Rebecca L. Cann,Steven M. Carr,Steven M. Carr,Matthew R. George,Matthew R. George,Ulf B. Gyllensten,Kathleen M. Helm-Bychowski,Russell Higuchi,Stephen R. Palumbi,Stephen R. Palumbi,Ellen M. Prager,Richard D. Sage,Mark Stoneking +14 more
TL;DR: In this article, a comparative study of mtDNA and nuclear DNA variability is presented, with emphasis on mtDNA's uniparental and apparently haploid mode of inheritance, which makes mtDNA a superb tool for building trees and time scales relating molecular lineages at and below the species level.
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Polymorphic sites and the mechanism of evolution in human mitochondrial dna
TL;DR: This example, along with that for the mitochondrial rRNA genes and the nuclear genes coding for mitochondrial ribosomal proteins, provides evidence for coevolution between specific nuclear and mitochondrial genes.
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Length mutations in human mitochondrial dna
Rebecca L. Cann,Allan C. Wilson +1 more
TL;DR: By high-resolution, restriction mapping of mitochondrial DNAs purified from 112 human individuals, the mystery of why vertebrate mtDNA is more prone than nuclear DNA to evolve by point mutation is now compounded by the discovery of a similar bias toward rapid evolution by length mutation.