Avian mtDNA diversity?: An alternate explanation for low mtDNA diversity in birds: an age-old solution?

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A J R Hickey. Heredity (Edinb). 2008 May.

. 2008 May;100(5):443.

doi: 10.1038/hdy.2008.6. Epub 2008 Feb 13.

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Mitochondria and the W chromosome: low variability on the W chromosome in birds is more likely to indicate selection on mitochondrial genes.
Lane N. Lane N. Heredity (Edinb). 2008 May;100(5):444-5. doi: 10.1038/hdy.2008.9. Epub 2008 Feb 13. Heredity (Edinb). 2008. PMID: 18270529 No abstract available.

Low mitochondrial variability in birds may indicate Hill-Robertson effects on the W chromosome.
Berlin S, Tomaras D, Charlesworth B. Berlin S, et al. Heredity (Edinb). 2007 Oct;99(4):389-96. doi: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6801014. Epub 2007 Jun 6. Heredity (Edinb). 2007. PMID: 17551522