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Evolutionary persistence of a highly prevalent multicopy mitochondrial-derived nuclear insertion (Mega-NUMT) in Neotropical <i>Drosophila</i> flies

2026-04-01

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<h4>Background</h4> Although strict maternal transmission of mitochondria is a general feature of animals and humans for ensuring homogeneity in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) across generations, exceptions were reported in the recent past. For example, some extremely rare but spectacular cases of heteroplasmy and paternal transmission in humans have questioned the universal evolutionary principle. Hence, as an altern...

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Literature Corpus work: 361aca43-b1bb-59b5-af20-8c09dd0098a2
DOI: 10.64898/2026.03.31.715258

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