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Mitonuclear Mate Choice: A Missing Component of Sexual Selection Theory?
BioEssays : news and reviews in molecular, cellular and developmental biology - 1 Mar 2018
Hill Geoffrey E
Abstract excerpt
The fitness of a eukaryote hinges on the coordinated function of the products of its nuclear and mitochondrial genomes in achieving oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS). I propose that sexual selection plays a key role in the maintenance of mitonuclear coadaptation across generations because it enables pre-zygotic sorting for coadapted mitonuclear genotypes. At each new generation, sexual reproduction creates new...
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