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Selection against Heteroplasmy Explains the Evolution of Uniparental Inheritance of Mitochondria

Why are mitochondria almost always inherited from one parent during sexual reproduction? Current explanations for this evolutionary mystery include conflict avoidance between the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes, clearing of deleterious mutations, and optimization of mitochondrial-nuclear coadaptat...

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Autores principales: Christie, Joshua R., Schaerf, Timothy M., Beekman, Madeleine
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4400020/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25880558
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005112

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