Unique mitochondrial genome architecture in unicellular relatives of animals

G Burger, L Forget, Y Zhu… - Proceedings of the …, 2003 - National Acad Sciences
… whether similarly compact mitochondrial genomes are also … gene content and architecture
of the mitochondrial genomes … The circular-mapping choanoflagellate mtDNA with its long …

[HTML][HTML] Recent advances in understanding mitochondrial genome diversity

R Zardoya - F1000Research, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
… Ever since its discovery, the double-stranded DNA contained in the mitochondria of … of
mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) and uncovered the great diversity of organizations, gene

Animal mitochondrial DNA as we do not know it: mt-genome organization and evolution in nonbilaterian lineages

DV Lavrov, W Pett - Genome biology and evolution, 2016 - academic.oup.com
mtDNA and provides insights into the molecular and evolutionary mechanisms shaping
mitochondrial genomes… The first report of a multi-chromosomal mt-genome in animals came from …

Recombination and intraspecific polymorphism for the presence and absence of entire chromosomes in mitochondrial genomes

Z Wu, DB Sloan - Heredity, 2019 - nature.com
… Therefore, it is possible that the history of chromosome gain that shaped the massive,
multichromosomal genomes of S. noctiflora occurred over a prolonged period that extended past …

Insect mitochondrial genomics: implications for evolution and phylogeny

SL Cameron - Annual review of entomology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
… for studying aberrant mt genomes, including truncated tRNAs and multichromosomal
Figure 2 A diagram of the ancestral insect mitochondrial genome. Transfer RNA genes are …

Perfection of eccentricity: mitochondrial genomes of diplonemids

G Burger, M Valach - IUBMB life, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
… A study on the long-term maintenance of chromosome copy numbers in multichromosomal
mtDNAs was conducted in the flowering-plant genus Silene 55. In contrast to other …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) mutations that generate reactive oxygen species

A Hahn, S Zuryn - Antioxidants, 2019 - mdpi.com
mtDNA mutation rate [22]. Replication of the mitochondrial genome is accomplished by the
mitochondrion-specific polymerase γ, and, unlike the nuclear genome, is independent of cell …

[HTML][HTML] Mitochondrial genome deletions and minicircles are common in lice (Insecta: Phthiraptera)

SL Cameron, K Yoshizawa, A Mizukoshi, MF Whiting… - BMC genomics, 2011 - Springer
… The finding of multi-chromosomal, minicircular mt genomes in these groups is even more
remarkable when compared against our growing knowledge of mt diseases in humans [17]. A …

[HTML][HTML] The mitochondrial genome of the diploid oat Avena longiglumis

Q Liu, H Yuan, J Xu, D Cui, G Xiong, T Schwarzacher… - BMC Plant …, 2023 - Springer
… changes in mitochondrial genome structure and gene content. The complete mitochondrial
genome of A. longiglumis completes the last link of the oat reference genome and lays the …

The past, present and future of mitochondrial genomics: have we sequenced enough mtDNAs?

DR Smith - Briefings in functional genomics, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… From the enormous, multi-chromosomal mtDNAs of various land plants [ 69 ] to the miniature,
fragmented mtDNAs of certain alveolates [ 7 ] to the baffling chainmail-like mtDNAs of …