Mitochondrial inheritance in basidiomycete fungi

• Published in: Fungal biology reviews Vol. 29; no. 3-4; pp. 209 - 219
• Main Authors: Xu, Jianping, Wang, Pengfei
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.12.2015
• Subjects: animals; Anisogamy; Bilateral nuclear migration; Coprinopsis cinerea; crossing; cytoplasmic inheritance; environmental factors; eukaryotic cells; fungi; genes; Heteroplasmy; Isogamy; Mating type genes; mitochondria; mitochondrial DNA; mtDNA mosaics; mtDNA recombination; plants (botany); Unilateral nuclear migration; Heteroplasmy; Anisogamy; mtDNA mosaics; mtDNA recombination; Mating type genes; Isogamy; Unilateral nuclear migration; Bilateral nuclear migration
• ISSN: 1749-4613; 1878-0253
• DOI: 10.1016/j.fbr.2015.02.001

The mitochondrion is a vital organelle in eukaryotic cells. Unlike the inheritance of nuclear genes, that of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) does not follow Mendelian Laws. In the great majority of sexual plants and animals, mtDNA is uniparentally inherited from the maternal parent. However, there is a di...