A battle for transmission: the cooperative and selfish animal mitochondrial genomes

The mitochondrial genome is an evolutionarily persistent and cooperative component of metazoan cells that contributes to energy production and many other cellular processes. Despite sharing the same host as the nuclear genome, the multi-copy mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) follows very different rules of...

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Main Authors: Anna Klucnika, Hansong Ma
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: The Royal Society 2019-03-01
Series:Open Biology
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Online Access:https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rsob.180267