MitGEN: Single Nucleotide Polymorphism DB Browser for Human Mitochondrial Genome

  • Park, Hyun Seok (Institute of Bioinformatics, Macrogen Inc., Department of Computer Science, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Lee, Seung Uk (Institute of Bioinformatics, Macrogen Inc.)
  • Published : 2004.09.01

Abstract

Recently completed mitochondrial genome databses from public resources provide us with a better understanding of individual mitochondrial genomes for population genomics. By determining the substitution rate of the genomic sequences, it is plausible to derive dates on the phylogenetic tree and build a chronology of events in the evolution of human species. MitGEN is specially designed as a mitochondrial genome browser for analyzing, comparing and visualizing single nucleotide polymorphism for human mitochondrial genomes between human races for comparative genomics. It is a standalone application and is available free for non-commercial work.

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