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The evolution of mitochondrial genomes in modern frogs (Neobatrachia): nonadaptive evolution of mitochondrial genome reorganization.
BMC genomics - 20 Aug 2014
Xia Yun, Zheng Yuchi, Miura Ikuo, Wong Pamela B Y, Murphy Robert W, Zeng Xiaomao
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BACKGROUND: Although mitochondrial (mt) gene order is highly conserved among vertebrates, widespread gene rearrangements occur in anurans, especially in neobatrachians. Protein coding genes in the mitogenome experience adaptive or purifying selection, yet the role that selection plays on genomic reorganization remains unclear. We sequence the mitogenomes of three species of Glandirana and hot spots of gene...
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