Animal mitochondrial DNA recombination
Genetic recombination is known to be a source of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variability in plants, fungi and protists, but there continues to be a consensus (based on studies of somatic cell hybridization and DNA repair) that such processes do not operate on animal mtDNA. Contrary to this opinion we...
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Published in | Nature (London) Vol. 387; no. 6630; p. 247 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
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England
Nature Publishing Group
15.05.1997
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Summary: | Genetic recombination is known to be a source of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variability in plants, fungi and protists, but there continues to be a consensus (based on studies of somatic cell hybridization and DNA repair) that such processes do not operate on animal mtDNA. Contrary to this opinion we have now identified and characterized the end-products of recombination in the mitochondrial genome of the phytonematode Meloidogyne javanica. |
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ISSN: | 0028-0836 1476-4687 |
DOI: | 10.1038/387247a0 |