ArticleCurrent genetics1991
The fate of mitochondrial DNAs of mt+ and mt- origin in gametes and zygotes of Chlamydomonas.
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- The Red Queen in mitochondria: cyto-nuclear co-evolution, hybrid breakdown and human disease.Frontiers in genetics · 2015Review
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- Review of cytological studies on cellular and molecular mechanisms of uniparental (maternal or paternal) inheritance of plastid and mitochondrial genomes induced by active digestion of organelle nuclei (nucleoids).Journal of plant research · 2010Review
- Degenerated recognition property of a mitochondrial homing enzyme in the unicellular green alga Chlamydomonas smithii.Plant molecular biology · 2006Article
- Complete elimination of maternal mitochondrial DNA during meiosis resulting in the paternal inheritance of the mitochondrial genome in Chlamydomonas species.Protoplasma · 2006Article
- The effects of natural hybridization on the regulation of doubly uniparental mtDNA inheritance in blue mussels (Mytilus spp.).Genetics · 1996Article
- Mutations affecting the mitochondrial genes encoding the cytochrome oxidase subunit I and apocytochrome b of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.Molecular & general genetics : MGG · 1995Article
- Biochemical, genetic and molecular characterization of new respiratory-deficient mutants in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii.Plant molecular biology · 1992Article
- Transmission, recombination and conversion of mitochondrial markers in relation to the mobility of a group I intron in Chlamydomonas.Current geneticsArticle
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Abstract
In order to study the mechanism responsible for the uniparental transmission of the mitochondrial genome in crosses between Chlamydomonas reinhardtii and C. smithii, we have analyzed the fate of mitochondrial DNA during gametogenesis, zygospore differentiation and sporulation by hybridization experiments. Both mt+ and mt- gametes contain the same amount of mitochondrial DNA and the two parental genomes persist for several days in the zygotes. The DNA of mt+ origin is slowly eliminated during the period of zygote maturation. Light is required for total elimination of mt+ mitochondrial DNA in the zygospores. Using appropriate restriction enzymes, we have been unable to detect methylation of the mitochondrial DNA during gametogenesis or zygospore formation. The possibility that the mt+ mitochondria themselves are specifically eliminated in the course of zygote maturation is discussed.
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