Evolution of an ancient microsatellite hotspot in the conifer mitochondrial genome and comparison with other plants.

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In plants, mitochondrial sequence tandem repeats (STRs) have been associated with intragenomic recombination, a process held responsible for evolutionary outcomes such as gene regulation or cytoplasmic male-sterility. However, no link has been established between the recurrent accumulation of STRs and increased mutation rates in specific regions of the plant mtDNA genome. Herein, we surveyed this possibility by...

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