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Table 2 Characterization of positions presenting heteroplasmy.

From: Mutation patterns of mtDNA: Empirical inferences for the coding region

Family

Position

Type of mutation and Implication

Homoplasmic individuals of the family/Referencea/Chimpanzeeb

Germline

Number of hitsc

Population Database frequency

AV

3260 A>G

Substitution in the tRNALeuassociated with Myopaty and Cardiomiopaty

A/A/A

Yes

0

100% A 0% G

CG_II

3396 T>C

Synonymous substitution in ND1

T/T/C

No?

4

99.73% T 0.27% C

JS

3602 A>G

Nonsynonymous substitution in ND1 that implies an Asparagine to Serine amino acid change.

A/A/A

Yes

0

100% A 0% G

  1. a. Ingman et al. [28], GenBank accession number NC_001807
  2. b. Arnason et al. [44], GenBank accession number X93335
  3. c. Based on the mtDNA phylogeny available on Ruiz-Pesini et al. [45]