Paternal Leakage and Heteroplasmy of Mitochondrial Genomes in Silene vulgaris: Evidence From Experimental Crosses
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Paternal leakage and heteroplasmy of mitochondrial genomes in Silene vulgaris: evidence from experimental crosses.
The inheritance of mitochondrial genetic (mtDNA) markers in the gynodioecious plant Silene vulgaris was studied using a series of controlled crosses between parents of known mtDNA genotype followed by quantitative PCR assays of offspring genotype. Overall, approximately 2.5% of offspring derived from crosses between individuals that were homoplasmic for different mtDNA marker genotypes showed e...
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عنوان ژورنال: Genetics
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1943-2631
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.110.115360