Mosaic mitochondrial-plastid insertions into the nuclear genome show evidence of both non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination

Mosaic mitochondrial-plastid insertions into the nuclear genome show evidence of both non-homologous end joining and homologous recombination

Abstract Background Mitochondrial and plastid DNA fragments are continuously transferred into eukaryotic nuclear genomes, giving rise to nuclear copies of mitochondrial DNA (numts) and nuclear copies of plastid DNA (nupts). Numts and nupts are classified as simple if they are composed of a single or...

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Main Authors: Shir Portugez, William F. Martin, Einat Hazkani-Covo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Numts
Nupts
Mosaic insertions
Numins
Non-homologous end joining
Gene conversion
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-018-1279-x

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