Article
Epistatic interactions modulate the evolution of mammalian mitochondrial respiratory complex components.
BMC genomics - 13 Jun 2009
Azevedo Luísa, Carneiro João, van Asch Barbara, Moleirinho Ana, Pereira Filipe, Amorim António
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The deleterious effect of a mutation can be reverted by a second-site interacting residue. This is an epistatic compensatory process explaining why mutations that are deleterious in some species are tolerated in phylogenetically related lineages, rendering evident that those mutations are, by all means, only deleterious in the species-specific context. Although an extensive and refined theoretical...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
