Avoiding organelle mutational meltdown across eukaryotes with or without a germline bottleneck.

Avoiding organelle mutational meltdown across eukaryotes with or without a germline bottleneck.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and plastid DNA (ptDNA) encode vital bioenergetic apparatus, and mutations in these organelle DNA (oDNA) molecules can be devastating. In the germline of several animals, a genetic "bottleneck" increases cell-to-cell variance in mtDNA heteroplasmy, allowing purify...

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Main Authors: David M Edwards, Ellen C Røyrvik, Joanna M Chustecki, Konstantinos Giannakis, Robert C Glastad, Arunas L Radzvilavicius, Iain G Johnston
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-04-01
Series:PLoS Biology
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001153

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https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3001153

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