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The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities in allopatric speciation.
Cellular and molecular life sciences : CMLS - 29 Jan 2022
Burton Ronald S
Abstract excerpt
Aerobic metabolism in eukaryotic cells requires extensive interactions between products of the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Rapid evolution of the mitochondrial genome, including fixation of both adaptive and deleterious mutations, creates intrinsic selection pressures favoring nuclear gene mutations that maintain mitochondrial function. As this process occurs independently in allopatry, the resulting...
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