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Stabilizing selection and mitochondrial heteroplasmy in the Canada lynx (Lynx canadensis).
Genome - 1 Dec 2024
Forbes Krystyn J, Barrera McIntyre A, Nielsen-Roine Karsten, Hersh Evan W, Janes Jasmine K, Harrower William L, Gorrell Jamieson C
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Mitochondrial DNA is commonly used in population genetic studies to investigate spatial structure, intraspecific variation, and phylogenetic relationships. The control region is the most rapidly evolving and largest non-coding region, but its analysis can be complicated by heteroplasmic signals of genome duplication in many mammals, including felids. Here, we describe the presence of heteroplasmy in the control...
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