Medical Conditions Associated with Heteroplasmy

[juliemusial]

Does anyone know of a user-friendly site that details medical conditions associated with heteroplasmy?

[Ann Turner]

Does anyone know of a user-friendly site that details medical conditions associated with heteroplasmy?

Heteroplasmy doesn't necessarily have any medical implications at all. It is quite common -- in fact, everyone would show some heteroplasmy with more sensitive tests. Medical implications depend on the particular base that has changed, which you can check at http://mitomap.org.

One of my 'Satiable Curiosity columns for JoGG is about heteroplasmy.

http://www.jogg.info/21/SatiableCuriosity.pdf