… of mtDNA, this review highlights the divergent trends in mitochondrial genome evolution in
… the relationship between mitochondrial and nuclear genome evolution in a given organism. …

… of genome size among fungi and plants we find the same size distribution of linear mtDNA
molecules, and (2) linear mtDNA molecules much larger than genome size can be found for …

… ) reduced mutation pressures generating mtDNA size variants in … but in certain species mtDNA
size variation appears to be … are proposed where mitochondrial genome size is quantified …

… genomes range from an estimated 390 to 2,900 kb in size. We sequenced the mitochondrial
genomes … the two smallest characterized cucurbit mitochondrial genomes—and determined …

… is also seen in mitochondria. Here we show that resident mitochondrial gene products are
… , furthermore, that the reduction of mitochondrial genome size is correlated with a reduction …

… Complete mitochondrial gene arrangements have been published for 58 … gene arrangements
and points out some of the questions that may be addressed by comparing mitochondrial …

… The structure of higher plant mitochondrial genomes has a number of unique features. … 17
kb in size, the mitochondrial genomes of plants are much larger and differ greatly in size, even …

… the plastid genome (plastome). Thus far, less than 15 mitochondrial genome (mitogenome) …
Papilionoideae, limiting the understanding of size variation and content across the family. …

… Genome structure is labile due to recombination involving large and small repeats, which
produces multiple genomic … among plant mitochondrial genomes, discuss how the genomics …

… mitochondrial genome size by a currently unknown mechanism. After a brief description of
the angiosperm mitochondrial genome, … and alteration of the genome. In both processes, the …