Direct evidence for extensive paternal mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the marine mussel Mytilus.

doi:10.1038/359412a0

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Direct evidence for extensive paternal mitochondrial DNA inheritance in the marine mussel Mytilus.

Nature - 1 Oct 1992

Zouros E, Freeman K R, Ball A O, Pogson G H

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Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in animals was thought to be strictly maternal. Recently, evidence for incidental paternal mtDNA leakage was obtained in hybrid crosses of Drosophila and mice. In mice, the frequency of paternal mtDNA contributions was estimated at 10(-4), compared with maternal c...

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Alleles
Animals
Bivalvia
Blotting, Southern
Crosses, Genetic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Enzymes
Extrachromosomal Inheritance
Fathers
Female
Genotype
Male
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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