Covariation of mitochondrial genome size with gene lengths: evidence for gene length reduction during mitochondrial evolution
Université de Fribourg
- Schneider, André Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
- Ebert, Dieter Department of Biology, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
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2004
Published in:
- Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2004, vol. 59, p. 90-96
mitochondrial genome size
gene length
gene length reduction
mitochondrial evolution
gene length/genome size covariation
English
Reduction of genome size and gene shortening have been observed in a number of parasitic and mutualistic intracellular symbionts. Reduction of coding capacity is also a unifying principle in the evolutionary history of mitochondria, but little is known about the evolution of gene length in mitochondria. The genes for cytochrome c oxidase subunits I–III, cytochrome b, and the large and... Show more…
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- English
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- Local identifier 4141 RERO DOC
- DOI 10.1007/s00239-004-2607-x
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- Biology
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences et de médecine
- Department
- Département de Biologie
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- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/299542