Rare and fleeting: an example of interspecific recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA
Rare and fleeting: an example of interspecific recombination in animal mitochondrial DNA
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DOI:
10.1098/rsbl.2007.0290
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发表时间:
2007-10-22
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3.3
通讯作者:
Jordan, William C.
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作者:
Ciborowski, Kate L.;Consuegra, Sofia;Jordan, William C.
Recombination is thought to occur only rarely in animal mitochondrial DNA ( mtDNA). However, detection of mtDNA recombination requires that cells become heteroplasmic through mutation, intramolecular recombination or ' leakage' of paternal mtDNA. Interspecific hybridization increases the probability of detecting mtDNA recombinants due to higher levels of sequence divergence and potentially higher levels of paternal leakage. During a study of historical variation in Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar) mtDNA, an individual with a recombinant haplotype containing sequence from both Atlantic salmon and brown trout ( Salmo trutta) was detected. The individual was not an F1 hybrid but it did have an unusual nuclear genotype which suggested that it was a later-generation backcross. No other similar recombinant haplotype was found from the same population or three neighbouring Atlantic salmon populations in 717 individuals collected during 1948 - 2002. Interspecific recombination may increase mtDNA variability within species and can have implications for phylogenetic studies.