Insect mitochondrial genomics: implications for evolution and phylogeny

SL Cameron - Annual review of entomology, 2014 - annualreviews.org
The mitochondrial (mt) genome is, to date, the most extensively studied genomic system in
insects, outnumbering nuclear genomes tenfold and representing all orders versus very few …

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 …

Rapid evolution of enormous, multichromosomal genomes in flowering plant mitochondria with exceptionally high mutation rates

DB Sloan, AJ Alverson, JP Chuckalovcak, M Wu… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Genome size and complexity vary tremendously among eukaryotic species and their
organelles. Comparisons across deeply divergent eukaryotic lineages have suggested that …

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
Animal mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is commonly described as a small, circular molecule
that is conserved in size, gene content, and organization. Data collected in the last decade …

Genetic aspects of mitochondrial genome evolution

M Bernt, A Braband, B Schierwater… - Molecular phylogenetics …, 2013 - Elsevier
Many years of extensive studies of metazoan mitochondrial genomes have established
differences in gene arrangements and genetic codes as valuable phylogenetic markers …

Ecotoxicology, ecophysiology, and mechanistic studies with rotifers

HU Dahms, A Hagiwara, JS Lee - Aquatic toxicology, 2011 - Elsevier
Invertebrates play an increasing role in assessing the impacts of environmental
contaminants in aquatic ecosystems. Substantial efforts were made to identify suitable and …

Improved systematic tRNA gene annotation allows new insights into the evolution of mitochondrial tRNA structures and into the mechanisms of mitochondrial genome …

F Jühling, J Pütz, M Bernt, A Donath… - Nucleic acids …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
Transfer RNAs (tRNAs) are present in all types of cells as well as in organelles. tRNAs of
animal mitochondria show a low level of primary sequence conservation and exhibit …

The mitochondrial genome in nematode phylogenetics

EMA Kern, T Kim, JK Park - Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2020 - frontiersin.org
In recent decades, great strides have been made using various kinds of data including
molecular sequences to clarify the phylogenetic relationships of nematodes. Although SSU …

The massive mitochondrial genome of the angiosperm Silene noctiflora is evolving by gain or loss of entire chromosomes

Z Wu, JM Cuthbert, DR Taylor… - Proceedings of the …, 2015 - National Acad Sciences
Across eukaryotes, mitochondria exhibit staggering diversity in genomic architecture,
including the repeated evolution of multichromosomal structures. Unlike in the nucleus …

Origin of minicircular mitochondrial genomes in red algae

Y Lee, CH Cho, C Noh, JH Yang, SI Park… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Eukaryotic organelle genomes are generally of conserved size and gene content within
phylogenetic groups. However, significant variation in genome structure may occur. Here …