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Paternal mtDNA and Maleness Are Co-Inherited but Not Causally Linked in Mytilid Mussels

BACKGROUND: In marine mussels of the genus Mytilus there are two mitochondrial genomes. One is transmitted through the female parent, which is the normal transmission route in animals, and the other is transmitted through the male parent which is an unusual phenomenon. In males the germ cell line is...

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Autores principales: Kenchington, Ellen L., Hamilton, Lorraine, Cogswell, Andrew, Zouros, Eleftherios
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2736565/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19759895
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0006976