The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species
was increasingly used during the 1980s to assess the conservation status of species for …

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been used to study molecular ecology and
phylogeography for 25 years. Much important information has been gained in this way, but it …

The study of reproductive isolation and species barriers frequently focuses on mitochondrial
genomes and has produced two alternative and almost diametrically opposed narratives. On …

Y chromosomes are genetically degenerate, having lost most of the active genes that were
present in their ancestors. The causes of this degeneration have attracted much attention …

Pentatricopeptide repeat (PPR) proteins are RNA-binding proteins that are particularly
prevalent in terrestrial plants. Although the PPR protein family was only recognized eight …

Without mitochondria we would be in big trouble, and there would be a global biological
energy crisis if it were not for chloroplasts. Fortunately, genomic evolution over the past two …

The inner membrane of a plant mitochondrion contains the mitochondrial electron transport
chain (mtETC), consisting of protein complexes that use an energy source-derived reductant …

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 …

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

In theory, parthenogenetic lineages have low evolutionary potential because they inexorably
accumulate deleterious mutations and do not generate much genotypic diversity. As a result …