Variability of mitochondrial ORFans hints at possible differences in the system of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria among families of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida)

Variability of mitochondrial ORFans hints at possible differences in the system of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria among families of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida)

Abstract Background Supernumerary ORFan genes (i.e., open reading frames without obvious homology to other genes) are present in the mitochondrial genomes of gonochoric freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida) showing doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondria. DUI is a system in which dist...

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Main Authors: Davide Guerra, Manuel Lopes-Lima, Elsa Froufe, Han Ming Gan, Paz Ondina, Rafaela Amaro, Michael W. Klunzinger, Claudia Callil, Vincent Prié, Arthur E. Bogan, Donald T. Stewart, Sophie Breton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
Subjects:
Freshwater mussels
Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA
mtDNA sequencing
Mitochondrial ORFan genes
Evolution of protein structures and functions
Mitochondria and sexual systems
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-019-1554-5

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