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Nonneutral evolution and differential mutation rate of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA lineages in the marine mussel Mytilus.
Genetics - 1 Jul 1998
Quesada H, Warren M, Skibinski D O
Abstract excerpt
Mussels have two types of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). The M type is transmitted paternally, and the F type is transmitted maternally. To test hypotheses of the molecular evolution of both mtDNA genomes, 50 nucleotide sequences were obtained for 396 bp of the COIII gene of European populations of Mytilus edulis and the Atlantic and Mediterranean forms of M. galloprovincialis. Analysis based on the proportion of...
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