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

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

It is commonly assumed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves at a faster rate than
nuclear DNA (nuDNA) in animals. This has contributed to the popularity of mtDNA as a …

Traditional methods of characterizing biodiversity are increasingly being supplemented and
replaced by approaches based on DNA sequencing alone. These approaches commonly …

Metazoans exist only with a continuous and rich supply of chemical energy from oxidative
phosphorylation in mitochondria. The oxidative phosphorylation machinery that mediates …

Mitochondrial and plastid genomes in land plants exhibit some of the slowest rates of
sequence evolution observed in any eukaryotic genome, suggesting an exceptional ability …

Key message Our understanding of the dynamic and evolution of RNA editing in
angiosperms is in part limited by the few editing sites identified to date. This study identified …

Although the mammalian mtDNA transcription machinery is simple and resembles
bacteriophage systems, there are many reports that nuclear transcription regulators, as …

Mitochondrial and plastid functions depend on coordinated expression of proteins encoded
by genomic compartments that have radical differences in copy number of organellar and …

The avian world is packaged into genetic assemblages that we call species. Although
ornithologists can, with a few important exceptions, agree on the boundaries among avian …