Female and male gamete mitochondria are distinct and complementary in transcription, structure, and genome function

Genome Biology and Evolution

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1969-1977

  De Paula, Wilson B M ^a   Agip, Ahmed Noor A ^a,g   Missirlis, Fanis ^b   Ashworth, Rachel ^c   Vizcay Barrena, Gema ^d   Lucas, Cathy H ^e   Allen, John F ^a,f  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Danio rerio; Drosophila melanogaster; Maternal inheritance; Mitochondrial DNA; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; FREE RADICAL; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; OXYGEN; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

AGING; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; EVOLUTION; EXTRACHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GERM CELL; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; OOCYTE; SPERMATOZOON; ZEBRA FISH;

AGING; DANIO RERIO; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; MATERNAL INHERITANCE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; AGING; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEMALE; FREE RADICALS; GERM CELLS; MALE; MITOCHONDRIA; OOCYTES; OXYGEN; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ZEBRAFISH;

EID: 84892542829     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17596653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evt147     Document Type: Article

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