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Evidence for mitochondrial genetic control of autosomal gene expression.
Human molecular genetics - 15 Dec 2016
Kassam Irfahan, Qi Tuan, Lloyd-Jones Luke, Holloway Alexander, Jan Bonder Marc, Henders Anjali K, Martin Nicholas G, Powell Joseph E, Franke Lude, Montgomery Grant W, Visscher Peter M, McRae Allan F
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The mitochondrial and nuclear genomes coordinate and co-evolve in eukaryotes in order to adapt to environmental changes. Variation in the mitochondrial genome is capable of affecting expression of genes on the nuclear genome. Sex-specific mitochondrial genetic control of gene expression has been demonstrated in Drosophila melanogaster, where males were found to drive most of the total variation in gene...
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