Forty million years of independent evolution: a mitochondrial gene and its corresponding nuclear pseudogene in primates
J Schmitz, O Piskurek, H Zischler - Journal of Molecular Evolution, 2005 - Springer
Sequences from nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) that originated by transfer of
genetic information from mitochondria to the nucleus offer a unique opportunity to compare …
genetic information from mitochondria to the nucleus offer a unique opportunity to compare …
The Complete Mitochondrial Sequence of Tarsius bancanus: Evidence for an Extensive Nucleotide Compositional Plasticity of Primate Mitochondrial DNA
J Schmitz, M Ohme, H Zischler - Molecular Biology and …, 2002 - academic.oup.com
Inconsistencies between phylogenetic interpretations obtained from independent sources of
molecular data occasionally hamper the recovery of the true evolutionary history of certain …
molecular data occasionally hamper the recovery of the true evolutionary history of certain …
Mitochondrial DNA sequences of primates: tempo and mode of evolution
WM Brown, EM Prager, A Wang, AC Wilson - Journal of molecular …, 1982 - Springer
We cloned and sequenced a segment of mitochondrial DNA from human, chimpanzee,
gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon. This segment is 896 bp in length, contains the genes for …
gorilla, orangutan, and gibbon. This segment is 896 bp in length, contains the genes for …
Nuclear insertions help and hinder inference of the evolutionary history of gorilla mtDNA
Numts are fragments of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) that have been translocated to the
nucleus, where they can persist while their mitochondrial counterparts continue to rapidly …
nucleus, where they can persist while their mitochondrial counterparts continue to rapidly …
Molecular phylogeny and evolution of primate mitochondrial DNA.
K Hayasaka, T Gojobori, S Horai - Molecular Biology and …, 1988 - academic.oup.com
We determined nucleotide sequences of homologous 0.9-kb fragments of mitochondrial
DNAs (mtDNAs) derived from four species of old-world monkeys, one species of new-world …
DNAs (mtDNAs) derived from four species of old-world monkeys, one species of new-world …
Sequence evolution of mitochondrial DNA in humans and chimpanzees: control region and a protein-coding region
TD Kocher, AC Wilson - Evolution of life: fossils, molecules, and culture, 1991 - Springer
Complete primary structures for the major non-coding region of 13 human and two
chimpanzee mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) were determined by direct sequencing via the …
chimpanzee mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) were determined by direct sequencing via the …
Evolutionary Dynamics of Large Numts in the Human Genome: Rarity of Independent Insertions and Abundance of Post-Insertion Duplications
We determined the phylogenetic positions of 82 large nuclear pseudogenes of
mitochondrial origin (numts) within the human genome. For each numt, two possibilities …
mitochondrial origin (numts) within the human genome. For each numt, two possibilities …
A novel mitochondrial DNA-like sequence in the human nuclear genome
C Herrnstadt, W Clevenger, SS Ghosh, C Anderson… - Genomics, 1999 - Elsevier
We describe here a nuclear mitochondrial DNA-like sequence (numtDNA) that is nearly
identical in sequence to a continuous 5842 bp segment of human mitochondrial DNA …
identical in sequence to a continuous 5842 bp segment of human mitochondrial DNA …
Mitochondrial COII Introgression into the Nuclear Genome of Gorilla gorilla
WK Chung, ME Steiper - International journal of primatology, 2008 - Springer
Numts are nonfunctional mitochondrial sequences that have translocated into nuclear DNA,
where they evolve independently from the original mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence …
where they evolve independently from the original mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequence …
Structure and chromosomal distribution of human mitochondrial pseudogenes
Y Tourmen, O Baris, P Dessen, C Jacques, Y Malthièry… - Genomics, 2002 - Elsevier
Nuclear mitochondrial pseudogenes (Numts) have been found in the genome of many
eukaryote species, including humans. Using a BLAST approach, we found 1105 DNA …
eukaryote species, including humans. Using a BLAST approach, we found 1105 DNA …