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. 2011 Sep 27:9:61.
doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-61.

The intriguing evolutionary dynamics of plant mitochondrial DNA

Nicolas Galtier  1
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The intriguing evolutionary dynamics of plant mitochondrial DNA

Nicolas Galtier. BMC Biol. .

Abstract

The mitochondrial genome of plants is-in every respect and for yet unclear reasons-very different from the well-studied one of animals. Thanks to next-generation sequencing technologies, Davila et al. precisely characterized the role played by recombination and DNA repair in controlling mitochondrial variations in Arabidopsis thaliana, thus opening new perspectives on the long-term evolution of this intriguing genome.

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