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MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND EVOLUTION
卷 32, 期 8, 页码 1917-1927出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msv104
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coadaptation; genomic conflict; sexual reproduction; sexual selection; adaptation; speciation
Eukaryotes were born of a chimeric union between two prokaryotes-the progenitors of the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes. Early in eukaryote evolution, most mitochondrial genes were lost or transferred to the nucleus, but a core set of genes that code exclusively for products associated with the electron transport system remained in the mitochondrion. The products of these mitochondrial genes work in intimate association with the products of nuclear genes to enable oxidative phosphorylation and core energy production. The need for coadaptation, the challenge of cotransmission, and the possibility of genomic conflict between mitochondrial and nuclear genes have profound consequences for the ecology and evolution of eukaryotic life. An emerging interdisciplinary field that I call mitonuclear ecology is reassessing core concepts in evolutionary ecology including sexual reproduction, two sexes, sexual selection, adaptation, and speciation in light of the interactions of mitochondrial and nuclear genomes.
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