Open AccessGenetic recombination and the origin of mitochondrion
Author(s) -
M. Stupar
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
archive of oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.104
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1450-9520
pISSN - 0354-7310
DOI - 10.2298/aoo0301035s
Subject(s) - prokaryote , archaea , biology , genome , evolutionary biology , dna , eukaryote , mitochondrial dna , circular dna , mitochondrion , inner membrane , genetics , gene , microbiology and biotechnology
Division of ancestral prokaryotic genome into two circular double-stranded DNA molecules is a basis for future separate evolution of nuclear and mitochondrion compartments. Universal double sheet of lipid molecules by invagination, at the level of membrane-hairpin attachment, formed two-layered envelope completely surrounding those two DNAs. Presumed ancestral prokaryote in this case is an Archaebacteria, which would lead to formation of six main groups of organisms: Archaebacteria (Archaea) eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia