An unusual evolutionary strategy: the origins, genetic repertoire, and implications of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in bivalves

DT Stewart, S Breton, EE Chase, BM Robicheau… - Evolutionary biology—A …, 2020 - Springer
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is typically passed on to progeny only by the female parent. The
phenomenon of “doubly uniparental inheritance”(DUI) of mtDNA in many bivalve species is …

Unorthodox features in two venerid bivalves with doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria

C Capt, K Bouvet, D Guerra, BM Robicheau… - Scientific reports, 2020 - nature.com
In animals, strictly maternal inheritance (SMI) of mitochondria is the rule, but one exception
(doubly uniparental inheritance or DUI), marked by the transmission of sex-specific …

Population‐level effects of parasitism on a freshwater ecosystem engineer, the unionid mussel Anodonta anatina

JI Brian, SE Dunne, CL Ellis, DC Aldridge - Freshwater Biology, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Parasites can negatively affect hosts at individual, population, and species‐level scales.
However, the link between individual‐and population‐level impacts is often poorly …

Complete mitochondrial genome of freshwater pearl mussel Lamellidens marginalis (Lamarck, 1819) and its phylogenetic relation within unionidae family

A Pavan-Kumar, S Varshney, S Suman, R Das… - Molecular Biology …, 2022 - Springer
Background Freshwater mussels play a key role in ecology and are often considered as
ecological indicators. Conversely, these molluscs are one of the most threatened groups …

Bivalve molluscs as model systems for studying mitochondrial biology

F Ghiselli, M Iannello, G Piccinini… - Integrative and …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
The class Bivalvia is a highly successful and ancient taxon including∼ 25,000 living
species. During their long evolutionary history bivalves adapted to a wide range of …

Phylogeny of European Anodontini (Bivalvia: Unionidae) with a redescription of Anodonta exulcerata

N Riccardi, E Froufe, AE Bogan, A Zieritz… - Zoological journal of …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Freshwater bivalves are highly threatened and globally declining due to multiple
anthropogenic impacts, making them important conservation targets. Because conservation …

Variability of mitochondrial ORFans hints at possible differences in the system of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondria among families of freshwater mussels …

D Guerra, M Lopes-Lima, E Froufe, HM Gan… - BMC Evolutionary …, 2019 - Springer
Abstract Background Supernumerary ORFan genes (ie, open reading frames without
obvious homology to other genes) are present in the mitochondrial genomes of gonochoric …

Comparative mitogenomic analysis and phylogeny of Veneridae with doubly uniparental inheritance

T Xu, C He, X Han, L Kong, Q Li - Open Biology, 2024 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) is an atypical animal mtDNA inheritance system,
reported so far only in bivalve species, in which two mitochondrial lineages exist: one …

Substantial rearrangements, single nucleotide frameshift deletion and low diversity in mitogenome of Wolbachia-infected strepsipteran endoparasitoid in comparison …

S Towett-Kirui, JL Morrow, M Riegler - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Insect mitogenome organisation is highly conserved, yet, some insects, especially with
parasitic life cycles, have rearranged mitogenomes. Furthermore, intraspecific mitochondrial …

Parasites in freshwater mussels: Community ecology and conservation

J Brian - 2022 - repository.cam.ac.uk
Parasites can be studied with respect to their spatial distribution, abundance and diversity (a
parasite-centric view), or with respect to their effects on host individuals, populations …