The fate of paternal mitochondrial DNA in developing female mussels, Mytilus edulis: implications for the mechanism of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. Export

@article{citeulike:302903, abstract = {Species of the marine mussel family Mytilidae have two types of mitochondrial DNA: one that is transmitted from the mother to both female and male offspring (the F type) and one that is transmitted from the father to sons only (the M type). By using pair matings that produce only female offspring or a mixture of female and male offspring and a pair of oligonucleotide primers that amplify part of the COIII gene of the M but not the F mitochondrial genome, we demonstrate that both male and female embryos receive M mtDNA through the sperm and that within 24 hr after fertilization the M mtDNA is eliminated or is drastically reduced in female embryos but maintained in male embryos. These observations are important for understanding the relationship between mtDNA transmission and sex determination in species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA.}, address = {Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.}, author = {Sutherland, B. and Stewart, D. and Kenchington, E. R. and Zouros, E.}, citeulike-article-id = {302903}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9475744}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=9475744}, issn = {0016-6731}, journal = {Genetics}, keywords = {mytilus}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {341--347}, posted-at = {2005-08-24 20:03:49}, priority = {3}, title = {The fate of paternal mitochondrial DNA in developing female mussels, Mytilus edulis: implications for the mechanism of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9475744}, volume = {148}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:302903 L3 - citeulike-article-id:302903 N2 - Species of the marine mussel family Mytilidae have two types of mitochondrial DNA: one that is transmitted from the mother to both female and male offspring (the F type) and one that is transmitted from the father to sons only (the M type). By using pair matings that produce only female offspring or a mixture of female and male offspring and a pair of oligonucleotide primers that amplify part of the COIII gene of the M but not the F mitochondrial genome, we demonstrate that both male and female embryos receive M mtDNA through the sperm and that within 24 hr after fertilization the M mtDNA is eliminated or is drastically reduced in female embryos but maintained in male embryos. These observations are important for understanding the relationship between mtDNA transmission and sex determination in species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. IS - 1 JF - Genetics SN - 0016-6731 AD - Department of Biology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. EP - 347 TI - The fate of paternal mitochondrial DNA in developing female mussels, Mytilus edulis: implications for the mechanism of doubly uniparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. VL - 148 SP - 341 KW - mytilus AU - Sutherland, B AU - Stewart, D AU - Kenchington, ER AU - Zouros, E PY - 1998/01// UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9475744 ER -