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Doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in the freshwater bivalve Anodonta woodiana (Bivalvia: Unionidae).
Folia biologica - 1 Jan 2008
Soroka Marianna
Abstract excerpt
Unlike the vast majority of organisms in which mitochondrial DNA is transmitted maternally (standard mitochondrial inheritance, SMI), some marine or freshwater bivalves exhibit a different pattern of mtDNA transmission, named doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI). In this case there are two types of mtDNA, i.e. the female-transmitted (F-type) and the male-transmitted (M-type), the latter being present only in the...
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