Extending the limited transfer window hypothesis to inter-organelle DNA migration

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 743-748

  Smith, David Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chloroplast; Mitochondria; MTPT; NUMT; NUPT; PTMT

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL NUCLEUS; EUKARYOTE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL GENOME; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PLASTID; PLASTID GENOME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA; EUKARYOTA; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, MITOCHONDRIAL; GENOME, PLASTID; MITOCHONDRIA; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASTIDS;

EID: 83055191560     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evr068     Document Type: Article

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