Mother's curse is pervasive across a large mitonuclear Drosophila panel
Abstract The maternal inheritance of mitochondrial genomes entails a sex‐specific selective sieve, whereby mutations in mitochondrial DNA can only respond to selection acting on females. In theory, this enables male‐harming mutations to accumulate in mitochondrial genomes as long as they are neutral...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2021-06-01
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| Series: | Evolution Letters |
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/evl3.221 |