The causes of mutation accumulation in mitochondrial genomes
The causes of mutation accumulation in mitochondrial genomes
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London: The Royal Society
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English
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A fundamental observation across eukaryotic taxa is that mitochondrial genomes have a higher load of deleterious mutations than nuclear genomes. Identifying the evolutionary forces that drive this difference is important to understanding the rates and patterns of sequence evolution, the efficacy of natural selection, the maintenance of sex and reco...
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The causes of mutation accumulation in mitochondrial genomes
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2660971
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_2660971
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0962-8452
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1471-2954
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10.1098/rspb.2008.1758
