<i>COX4-like</i>, a Nuclear-Encoded Mitochondrial Gene Duplicate, Is Essential for Male Fertility in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i>

Recent studies on nuclear-encoded mitochondrial genes (N-mt genes) in <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> have shown a unique pattern of expression for newly duplicated N-mt genes, with many duplicates having a testis-biased expression and playing an essential role in spermatogenesis. In this...

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Main Authors: Mohammadmehdi Eslamieh, Ayda Mirsalehi, Dragomira N. Markova, Esther Betrán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-02-01
Series:Genes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4425/13/3/424