Connecting Species-Specific Extents of Genome Reduction in Mitochondria and Plastids.

ABSTRACT: Mitochondria and plastids have both dramatically reduced their genomes since the endosymbiotic events that created them. The similarities and differences in the evolution of the two organelle genome types have been the target of discussion and investigation for decades. Ongoing work has suggested that similar mechanisms may modulate the reductive evolution of the two organelles in a given species, but quantitative data and statistical analyses exploring this picture remain limited outside of some specific cases like parasitism. Here, we use cross-eukaryote organelle genome data to explore evidence for coevolution of mitochondrial and plastid genome reduction. Controlling for differences between clades and pseudoreplication due to relatedness, we find that extents of mtDNA and ptDNA gene re

SUBMITTER: Giannakis K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11144018 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature