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Review
. 2001;2(6):REVIEWS1018.
doi: 10.1186/gb-2001-2-6-reviews1018. Epub 2001 Jun 5.

The origin and early evolution of mitochondria

M W Gray  1 , G Burger, B F Lang
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Review

The origin and early evolution of mitochondria

M W Gray et al. Genome Biol. 2001.

Abstract

Complete sequences of numerous mitochondrial, many prokaryotic, and several nuclear genomes are now available. These data confirm that the mitochondrial genome originated from a eubacterial (specifically alpha-proteobacterial) ancestor but raise questions about the evolutionary antecedents of the mitochondrial proteome.

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Figure 1
Division of the yeast mitochondrial proteome into different categories according to inferred evolutionary origin. The estimated proportions of yeast mitochondrial proteins in the various classes are taken from [34].
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