Evolution of the mitochondrial genome of Metazoa as exemplified by comparison of congeneric species

C Gissi, F Iannelli, G Pesole - Heredity, 2008 - nature.com
The mitochondrial genome (mtDNA) of Metazoa is a good model system for evolutionary
genomic studies and the availability of more than 1000 sequences provides an almost …

An overview to the investigative approach to species testing in wildlife forensic science

A Linacre, SS Tobe - Investigative genetics, 2011 - Springer
The extent of wildlife crime is unknown but it is on the increase and has observable effects
with the dramatic decline in many species of flora and fauna. The growing awareness of this …

Comparative genomic analysis of vertebrate mitochondrial reveals a differential of rearrangements rate between taxonomic class

P Montaña-Lozano, M Moreno-Carmona… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Vertebrate mitochondrial genomes have been extensively studied for genetic and
evolutionary purposes, these are normally believed to be extremely conserved, however …

Genomics of sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria): expressed genes, mitochondrial phylogeny, linkage map and identification of a putative sex gene

EB Rondeau, AM Messmer, DS Sanderson… - BMC genomics, 2013 - Springer
Abstract Background The sablefish (order: Scorpaeniformes) is an economically important
species in commercial fisheries of the North Pacific and an emerging species in aquaculture …

Novel mitochondrial genome rearrangements including duplications and extensive heteroplasmy could underlie temperature adaptations in Antarctic notothenioid …

BF Minhas, EA Beck, CHC Cheng, J Catchen - Scientific reports, 2023 - nature.com
Mitochondrial genomes are known for their compact size and conserved gene order,
however, recent studies employing long-read sequencing technologies have revealed the …

Mesozoic mitogenome rearrangements and freshwater mussel (Bivalvia: Unionoidea) macroevolution

E Froufe, I Bolotov, DC Aldridge, AE Bogan, S Breton… - Heredity, 2020 - nature.com
Using a new fossil-calibrated mitogenome-based approach, we identified macroevolutionary
shifts in mitochondrial gene order among the freshwater mussels (Unionoidea). We show …

Mitogenomics of historical type specimens of Australasian turtles: clarification of taxonomic confusion and old mitochondrial introgression

C Kehlmaier, X Zhang, A Georges, PD Campbell… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Diagnosability is central to taxonomy as are type specimens which define taxa. New
advances in technologies and the discovery of new informative traits must be matched with …

Mitochondrial genome structure and composition in 70 fishes: a key resource for fisheries management in the South Atlantic

M Alvarenga, AKP D'Elia, G Rocha, CA Arantes… - BMC genomics, 2024 - Springer
Background Phylogenetic gaps of public databases of reference sequences are a major
obstacle for comparative genomics and management of marine resources, particularly in the …

qMGR: a new approach for quantifying mitochondrial genome rearrangement

J Zhang, X Kan, G Miao, S Hu, Q Sun, W Tian - Mitochondrion, 2020 - Elsevier
Rearrangement is one of the most studied features in the animal mitochondrial genomes.
The progress in high-throughput sequencing and comparative genomics has brought …

Gene annotation errors are common in the mammalian mitochondrial genomes database

CF Prada, JL Boore - BMC genomics, 2019 - Springer
Background Although animal mitochondrial DNA sequences are known to evolve rapidly,
their gene arrangements often remain unchanged over long periods of evolutionary time …