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Inheritance of two M type mitochondrial DNA from sperm and unfertilized eggs to offspring in Mytilus galloprovincialis.
Development, growth & differentiation - 1 May 2007
Obata Mayu, Sano Natsumi, Kawamura Kouichi, Komaru Akira
Abstract excerpt
In Mytilus mussels, paternal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) from sperm is known to be transmitted to offspring. This phenomenon is called doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI). Under DUI, sperm mtDNA (M type) is inherited only by males. Female mussels receive maternal mtDNA (F type). However, in our previous study, we showed female and unfertilized eggs have both F and M types. We hypothesized that the two M types both...
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