Mitochondrial heteroplasmy and paternal leakage in natural populations of Silene vulgaris, a gynodioecious plant

Molecular Biology and Evolution

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 537-545

  Pearl, Stephanie A ^a,c   Welch, Mark E ^b   McCauley, David E ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Gynodioecy; Heteroplasmy; Leakage; Mitochondrial genomics; Silene

Indexed keywords

GENES, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENES, PLANT; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETICS, POPULATION; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MITOCHONDRIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SILENE;

MAGNOLIOPHYTA; SILENE; SILENE ACAULIS; SILENE VULGARIS;

EID: 60149103020     PISSN: 07374038     EISSN: 15371719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msn273     Document Type: Article

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