Plant mitochondria have a complex and peculiar genetic system. They have the largest
genomes, as compared to organelles from other eukaryotic organisms. These can expand …

Most heritable information in eukaryotic cells is encoded in the nuclear genome, with
inheritance patterns following classic Mendelian segregation. Genomes residing in the …

Dr. Harris has played a major role in the development of this organism as a model system.
Her previous version of the Chlamydomonas Sourcebook which published in 1989, has …

Chloroplasts were once free-living cyanobacteria, mitochondria were once free-living
proteobacteria, and both have preserved remnants of eubacterial genomes. But from the …

The endpoints of the large inverted repeat (IR) of chloroplast DNA in flowering plants differ
by small amounts between species. To quantify the extent of this movement and define a …

The plastid genome (plastome) has proved a valuable source of data for evaluating
evolutionary relationships among angiosperms. Through basic and applied approaches …

Asexual reproduction is believed to be detrimental, mainly because of the accumulation of
deleterious mutations over time, a hypothesis known as Muller's ratchet. In seed plants, most …

The bacterial recA gene and its eukaryotic homolog RAD51 are important for DNA repair,
homologous recombination, and genome stability. Members of the recA/RAD51 family have …

Both endogenous processes and exogenous physical and chemical sources generate
deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage in the nucleus and organelles of living cells. To …

Mitochondrial protein extracts from normal and immortalized mammalian somatic cells
catalyze homologous recombination of plasmid DNA substrates. Mitochondrial homologous …