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Double-strand break repair processes drive evolution of the mitochondrial genome in Arabidopsis.
BMC biology - 27 Sept 2011
Davila Jaime I, Arrieta-Montiel Maria P, Wamboldt Yashitola, Cao Jun, Hagmann Joerg, Shedge Vikas, Xu Ying-Zhi, Weigel Detlef, Mackenzie Sally A
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BACKGROUND: The mitochondrial genome of higher plants is unusually dynamic, with recombination and nonhomologous end-joining (NHEJ) activities producing variability in size and organization. Plant mitochondrial DNA also generally displays much lower nucleotide substitution rates than mammalian or yeast systems. Arabidopsis displays these features and expedites characterization of the mitochondrial recombination...
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