Thermal habit, metabolic rate and the evolution of mitochondrial DNA.
Thermal habit, metabolic rate and the evolution of mitochondrial DNA.
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DOI：
10.1016/0169-5347(94)90176-7
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发表时间：
1994-04
影响因子：
16.8
通讯作者：
D. Rand
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作者：
D. Rand
如果有人能设计一种用于人口和进化生物学的定制遗传标记，那么很可能有人会重新发明mtDNA。这基本上是Avise和同事们在起草一份用于系统发育分析的分子标记属性的愿望清单时得出的结论。动物线粒体DNA的独特遗传特征（序列进化速度快;携带一组统一同源基因的紧凑基因组;母系遗传;缺乏重组，仅举几例）为进化生物学家提供了种群分化和物种关系的独特图景，这并非巧合。
I f one could design a custom-ized genetic marker for use in population and evolutionary biology, it is quite likely that one would reinvent mtDNA. This is essentially the conclusion reached by Avise and colleagues1 in drawing up a wish list of the attributes of a molecular marker for use in phylogenetic analysis. It is no coincidence that the unique genetic characteristics of animal mtDNA (rapid rate of sequence evolution; compact genome carrying a uniform set of homologous genes; maternal inheritance; and lack of recombination, to name a few) are the very characteristics that provide evolutionary biologists with a unique picture of population differentiation and species relationships* J.