This review critically evaluates the most recent advances in research on the evolution of the mitochondrial DNA from a qualitative and quantitative point of view, underlining the multiplicity of structures and genetic organization of this genome, which contrasts with its reduced, but rather constant, ...
The plastid and mitochondrial genomes were also assembled, annotated, and verified for completeness (Supplementary Fig. 5). Origin of octoploid strawberry Using the Fragaria × ananassa reference-genome assembly, we sought to identify the extant diploid relatives of each subgenome donor37. ...
Exploring metabolic evolution is a way to understand metabolic complexity. The substrate transport of mitochondrial carrier family (MCF) influences direct metabolic activities, making it possible to understand indirectly metabolic evolution from the evol
The Cretaceous-Paleogene (K-Pg) mass extinction caused the demise of numerous vertebrate groups, and its aftermath saw the rapid diversification of surviving mammals, birds, frogs, and teleost fishes. However, the effects of the K-Pg extinction on the evolution of snakes—a major clade of ...
Furthermore, gene evolution of mitochondrial genomes within the Cruciferae family was analyzed using sat mitochondrial type (mitotype), together with six other reported mitotypes. The cruciferous mitochondrial genomes have maintained almost the same set of functional genes. Compared with Cycas taitung...
More than 70 cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) types have been identified in Helianthus, but only for less than half of them, research of mitochondrial organization has been conducted. Moreover, complete mitochondrion sequences have only been published for two CMS sources – PET1 and PET2. It ...
Rice is a staple crop feeding more than 50% of the world’s population and, its sustainable production is crucial to the global food security. However, blast disease caused by the filamentous fungus Magnaporthe oryzae (anamorph: Pyricularia oryzae) threa
By analysing mitochondrial and Y chromosome sequences in more than 300 contemporary human populations worldwide, Karmin et al.1 highlighted that the male effective population size of these populations (estimated from the paternally transmitted Y chromosome) underwent a severe bottleneck around 5000 years...
Calophyllum soulattri Burm.f. is traditionally used to treat skin infections and reduce rheumatic pain, yet genetic and genomic studies are still limited. Here, we present the first complete mitochondrial genome of C. soulattri. It is 378,262 bp long wit
‘matrifocal’ but remains largely unknown. Both species exhibit mitochondrial substructuring in the summer feeding grounds53,54. Beluga whales of both sexes are found with close relatives in at least some areas and contexts55,56and female beluga exhibit behaviours consistent with being in close ...