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Selfish drive can trump function when animal mitochondrial genomes compete.

Nature genetics - 1 Jul 2016

Ma Hansong, O'Farrell Patrick H

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Mitochondrial genomes compete for transmission from mother to progeny. We explored this competition by introducing a second genome into Drosophila melanogaster to follow transmission. Competitions between closely related genomes favored those functional in electron transport, resulting in a host-beneficial purifying selection. In contrast, matchups between distantly related genomes often favored those with...

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PMID: 27270106
DOI: 10.1038/ng.3587
PMCID: PMC4925267

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