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 …

There is only one exception to strict maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in
the animal kingdom: a system named doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI), which is found in …

The family Mytilidae is a family of bivalve mussels that are distributed worldwide in diverse
marine habitats. Within the family, classification systems and phylogenetic relationships …

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 …

The presence of small black mussels in the upper intertidal zone of estuarine seashores in
Southeast Asia is often overlooked, despite their numerical dominance. Here, we clarify their …

Two common Indo-Pacific mat-forming mussels with subterminal umbones, widely known in
the literature as Brachidontes setiger (Dunker, 1857) and B. striatulus (Hanley, 1843), are re …

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 …

In the majority of metazoans paternal mitochondria represent evolutionary dead-ends. In
many bivalves, however, this paradigm does not hold true; both maternal and paternal …

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) is a particular mitochondrial DNA inheritance mode
reported in a number of bivalves. DUI species show two types of mt DNA, one transmitted …

The horse mussel Modiolus barbatus is a marine benthic bivalve, distributed mainly in the
Mediterranean basin, that constitutes a fishery product of high economic importance and a …