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Pervasive heteroplasmy in an invasive ambrosia beetle (Scolytinae) in southern California.
Heredity - 1 Dec 2024
Rugman-Jones Paul F, Dodge Christine E, Stouthamer Richard
Abstract excerpt
Heteroplasmy, the presence of multiple mitochondrial genotypes (mitotypes) within an individual, has long been thought to be a rare aberrance that is quickly removed by selection or drift. However, heteroplasmy is being reported in natural populations of eukaryotes with increasing frequency, in part due to improved diagnostic methods. Here, we report a seemingly stable heteroplasmic state in California...
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