Evolution of sex-dependent mtDNA transmission in freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unionida)

Abstract Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) describes a mode of mtDNA transmission widespread in gonochoric freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Palaeoheterodonta: Unionida). In this system, both female- and male-transmitted mtDNAs, named F and M respectively, coexist in the same species. In unionids, DU...

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Main Authors: Davide Guerra, Federico Plazzi, Donald T. Stewart, Arthur E. Bogan, Walter R. Hoeh, Sophie Breton
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-05-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-01708-1