Semimytilus algosus: first known hermaphroditic mussel with doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA
Abstract Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA is a rare phenomenon occurring in some freshwater and marine bivalves and is usually characterized by the mitochondrial heteroplasmy of male individuals. Previous research on freshwater Unionida mussels showed that hermaphroditic spe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2020-07-01
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| Series: | Scientific Reports |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-67976-6 |