Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria as a model system for studying germ line formation.

BACKGROUND: Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) of mitochondria occurs when both mothers and fathers are capable of transmitting mitochondria to their offspring, in contrast to the typical Strictly Maternal Inheritance (SMI). DUI was found in some bivalve molluscs, in which two mitochondrial genome...

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Main Authors: Liliana Milani, Fabrizio Ghiselli, Maria Gabriella Maurizii, Marco Passamonti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3226660?pdf=render