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Selection on Mitochondrial Variants Occurs between and within Individuals in an Expanding Invasion.
Molecular biology and evolution - 1 Apr 2016
Rollins Lee A, Woolnough Andrew P, Fanson Benjamin G, Cummins Michelle L, Crowley Tamsyn M, Wilton Alan N, Sinclair Ron, Butler Ashleigh, Sherwin William B
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Mitochondria are critical for life, yet their underlying evolutionary biology is poorly understood. In particular, little is known about interaction between two levels of evolution: between individuals and within individuals (competition between cells, mitochondria or mitochondrial DNA molecules). Rapid evolution is suspected to occur frequently in mitochondrial DNA, whose maternal inheritance predisposes...
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