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Intra‐individual length heterogeneity of Rana esculenta mitochondrial DNA
Author(s) -
Monnerot M.,
Mounolou J. C.,
Solignac M.
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
biology of the cell
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.543
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1768-322X
pISSN - 0248-4900
DOI - 10.1111/j.1768-322x.1985.tb00339.x
Subject(s) - biology , heteroplasmy , mitochondrial dna , genome , genetics , dna , evolutionary biology , gene
Mitochondrial DNA extracted from Rana esculenta oocytes appears heterogeneous in size. The length of these molecules varies continuously from 18,700 bp to 19,700 bp. Each animal is heteroplasmic and can be characterized by the range of the variation (400‐700 bp) and the extreme sizes of the various molecules it carries. The variable region of the genome has been localized between the coding region and the replication origin area.