A comparative analysis of mitochondrial ORFans: New clues on their origin and role in species with Doubly Uniparental Inheritance of mitochondria

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1408-1434

  Milani, Liliana ^a   Ghiselli, Fabrizio ^a   Guerra, Davide ^a   Breton, Sophie ^b   Passamonti, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Doubly Uniparental Inheritance of mitochondria; Endogenous virus; Mitochondrial inheritance; Mitochondrial ORFans

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOUBLY UNIPARENTAL INHERITANCE OF MITOCHONDRIA; ENDOGENOUS VIRUS; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETICS; INHERITANCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRIAL ORFANS; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MYTILIDAE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYSIOLOGY;

DOUBLY UNIPARENTAL INHERITANCE OF MITOCHONDRIA; ENDOGENOUS VIRUS; MITOCHONDRIAL INHERITANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL ORFANS;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; INHERITANCE PATTERNS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; MYTILIDAE; OPEN READING FRAMES;

EID: 84891717878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt101     Document Type: Article

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