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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY B-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
卷 273, 期 1600, 页码 2483-2489出版社
ROYAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2006.3607
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mitochondrial DNA; heteroplasmy; Mytilus; doubly uniparental inheritance
Species of the mussel family Mytilidae have a special mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) transmission system, known as doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI), which consists of a maternally inherited (F) and a paternally inherited (M) mitochondrial genome. Females are normally homoplasmic for the F genome and males are heteroplasmic mosaics, with their somatic tissues dominated by the maternal and their gonads dominated by the paternal genome. Several studies have indicated that the maternal genome may often be present in the male germ line. Here we report the results from the examination of mtDNA in pure sperm from more than 30 males of Mytilus galloprovincialis. In all cases, except one, we detected only the M genome. In the sperm of one male, we detected a paternal genome with an F-like primary sequence that was different from the sequence of the maternal genome in the animal's somatic tissues. We conclude that the male germ line is protected against invasion by the maternal genome. This is important because fidelity of gamete-specific transmission of the two mitochondrial genomes is a basic requirement for the stability of DUI.
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