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Introgression of mitochondrial DNA among Myodes voles: consequences for energetics?
BMC evolutionary biology - 9 Dec 2011
Boratyński Zbyszek, Alves Paulo Célio, Berto Stefano, Koskela Esa, Mappes Tapio, Melo-Ferreira José
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BACKGROUND: Introgression of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is among the most frequently described cases of reticulate evolution. The tendency of mtDNA to cross interspecific barriers is somewhat counter-intuitive considering the key function of enzymes that it encodes in the oxidative-phosphorylation process, which could give rise to hybrid dysfunction. How mtDNA reticulation affects the evolution of metabolic...
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