Nonneutral evolution and differential mutation rate of gender-associated mitochondrial DNA lineages in the marine mussel Mytilus.

doi:10.1093/genetics/149.3.1511

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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 M...

Topics

Animals
Base Sequence
Bivalvia
Consensus Sequence
DNA, Mitochondrial
Europe
Evolution, Molecular
Female
Genome
Genomic Imprinting
Male
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Phylogeny
Polymorphism, Genetic
Sex Characteristics
Time

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