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Sexual conflict explains the extraordinary diversity of mechanisms regulating mitochondrial inheritance

BACKGROUND: Mitochondria are predominantly inherited from the maternal gamete, even in unicellular organisms. Yet an extraordinary array of mechanisms enforce uniparental inheritance, which implies shifting selection pressures and multiple origins. RESULTS: We consider how this high turnover in mech...

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Autores principales: Radzvilavicius, Arunas L., Lane, Nick, Pomiankowski, Andrew
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5658935/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29073898
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12915-017-0437-8