Molecular Evolution and Recombination in Gender-Associated Mitochondrial DNAs of the Manila Clam Tapes philippinarum | Zendy

Marco Passamonti | Zendy; Jeffrey L. Boore | Zendy; Valerio Scali | Zendy

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Molecular Evolution and Recombination in Gender-Associated Mitochondrial DNAs of the Manila Clam Tapes philippinarum

Author(s) -

Marco Passamonti,

Jeffrey L. Boore,

Valerio Scali

Publication year - 2003

Publication title -

genetics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.792

H-Index - 246

eISSN - 1943-2631

pISSN - 0016-6731

DOI - 10.1093/genetics/164.2.603

Subject(s) - heteroplasmy , biology , mitochondrial dna , genetics , recombination , genome , gene , non mendelian inheritance , evolutionary biology

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) provides an intriguing system for addressing aspects of molecular evolution and intermolecular recombination of mitochondrial DNA. For this reason, a large sequence analysis has been performed on Tapes philippinarum (Bivalvia, Veneridae), which has mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy that is consistent with a DUI. The sequences of a 9.2-kb region (containing 29 genes) from 9 individuals and the sequences of a single gene from another 44 individuals are analyzed. Comparisons suggest that the two sex-related mitochondrial genomes do not experience a neutral pattern of divergence and that selection may act with varying strength on different genes. This pattern of evolution may be related to the long, separate history of M and F genomes within their tissue-specific "arenas." Moreover, our data suggest that recombinants, although occurring in soma, may seldom be transmitted to progeny in T. philippinarum.

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