Animal and plant species exhibit an astonishing diversity of sexual systems, including
environmental and genetic determinants of sex, with the latter including genetic material in …

The presence of doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) in bivalves represents a unique mode
of mitochondrial transmission, whereby paternal (male-transmitted M-type) and maternal …

The nucleus interacts with the other organelles to perform essential functions of the
eukaryotic cell. Mitochondria have their own genome and communicate back to the nucleus …

Mitonuclear coevolution is an important prerequisite for efficient energy production in
eukaryotes. However, many bivalve taxa experience doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) …

Molluscan mitochondrial genomes are unusual because they show wide variation in size,
radical genome rearrangements and frequently show high variation (> 10%) within species …

The factors affecting sex determination remain largely unknown for most bivalve species.
Environmental factors, such as temperature, are known to influence sex determination in …

The process of oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) in mitochondria depends on an
electrochemical gradient known as the mitochondrial membrane potential (Δ ψ m) …

Doubly Uniparental Inheritance (DUI) is considered one of the major exceptions to the
common rules of eukaryotic cell biology and germline formation. DUI is known in bivalves …

Genomes can vary significantly even within the same individual. The underlying
mechanisms are manifold, ranging from somatic mutation and recombination, development …

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in bivalve mollusks is
one of the most notable departures from the paradigm of strict maternal inheritance of …