Elimination of mitochondrial mutations by sexual reproduction: two Podospora anserina mitochondrial mutants yield only wild-type progeny when mated.

doi:10.1007/s002940050139

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Elimination of mitochondrial mutations by sexual reproduction: two Podospora anserina mitochondrial mutants yield only wild-type progeny when mated.

Current genetics - 1 Sept 1996

Silliker M E, Liotta M R, Cummings D J

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In order to understand the transmission of mitochondrial mutations in sexual crosses of Podospora, we attempted to create compatible strains with defined mitochondrial mutations. A previously characterized mutant, Mn19, with a bipartite mitochondrial genome, served as the fertilizing parent in a...

Topics

Aging
Ascomycota
Base Sequence
Crosses, Genetic
DNA, Mitochondrial
Gene Amplification
Gene Deletion
Mitochondria
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Reproduction

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