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Slow crabs - fast genomes: Locomotory capacity predicts skew magnitude in crustacean mitogenomes.
Molecular ecology - 1 Nov 2021
Jakovlić Ivan, Zou Hong, Chen Jian-Hai, Lei Hong-Peng, Wang Gui-Tang, Liu Jianquan, Zhang Dong
Abstract excerpt
Base composition skews (G-C/G+C) of mitochondrial genomes are believed to be primarily driven by mutational pressure, which is positively correlated with metabolic rate. In marine animals, metabolic rate is also positively correlated with locomotory capacity. Given the central role of mitochondria in energy metabolism, we hypothesised that selection for locomotory capacity should be positively correlated with the...
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