Sexual conflict explains the extraordinary diversity of mechanisms regulating mitochondrial inheritance

Sexual conflict explains the extraordinary diversity of mechanisms regulating mitochondrial inheritance

Abstract Background Mitochondria are predominantly inherited from the maternal gamete, even in unicellular organisms. Yet an extraordinary array of mechanisms enforce uniparental inheritance, which implies shifting selection pressures and multiple origins. Results We consider how this high turnover...

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Main Authors: Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, Nick Lane, Andrew Pomiankowski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-10-01
Series:BMC Biology
Subjects:
Heteroplasmy
Mitochondria
mtDNA
Paternal leakage
Sexual conflict
Uniparental inheritance
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-017-0437-8

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