A mitochondrial DNA hypomorph of cytochrome oxidase specifically impairs male fertility in Drosophila melanogaster

Due to their strict maternal inheritance in most animals and plants, mitochondrial genomes are predicted to accumulate mutations that are beneficial or neutral in females but harmful in males. Although a few male-harming mtDNA mutations have been identified, consistent with this ‘Mother’s Curse’, th...

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Autores principales: Patel, Maulik R, Miriyala, Ganesh K, Littleton, Aimee J, Yang, Heiko, Trinh, Kien, Young, Janet M, Kennedy, Scott R, Yamashita, Yukiko M, Pallanck, Leo J, Malik, Harmit S
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
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Cell Biology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27481326
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16923

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4970871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27481326
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.16923

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