Rearrangement and evolution of mitochondrial genomes in parrots

• Published in: Molecular phylogenetics and evolution Vol. 94; no. Pt A; pp. 34 - 46
• Main Authors: Eberhard, Jessica R., Wright, Timothy F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Animals; Base Composition; Body size effect; Control region duplication; DNA, Mitochondrial - genetics; Evolution, Molecular; Evolutionary rate; Female; Gene Duplication - genetics; Gene Order; Genome, Mitochondrial - genetics; Male; Mitochondrial genome; Mutagenesis - genetics; Mutation Rate; Nucleotide skew; Parrots - classification; Parrots - genetics; Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid - genetics; Evolutionary rate; Body size effect; Nucleotide skew; Control region duplication; Mitochondrial genome; Base composition

[Display omitted] •Repeated mitochondrial genome rearrangements in parrots resulted in two different gene orders and duplicate control regions.•Control region duplications don’t affect rates of sequence evolution.•Rate of mtDNA sequence evolution is negatively correlated with body size in parrots.•N...