Anthropology 2235A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Hypervariable Region, Ancient Dna, Mitochondrion

• School: Western University
• Department: Anthropology
• Course: Anthropology 2235A/B
• Professor: Eldon Molto

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Lecture 19 the eukaryotic cell and mitochondria. In cells, dna is found in both the nucleus and the mitochondria. Mitochondria are responsible for energy production and the most of its genes are used for this function: there are hundreds of thousands of mitochondria per cell, thus a high copy number. Dna is special cases and in ancient dna research. D-loop or hypervariable region containing hv1 and hv2. Division of the mtdna genome: divided into coding and non-coding regions, non-coding regions called the displacement or d-loop. Contains two areas that are characterized by high mutation rates and are referred to as hypervariable regions and 1 and.