Exploring Mitochondrial Heterogeneity and Evolutionary Dynamics in Thelephora ganbajun through Population Genomics.

ABSTRACT: Limited exploration in fungal mitochondrial genetics has uncovered diverse inheritance modes. The mitochondrial genomes are inherited uniparentally in the majority of sexual eukaryotes, our discovery of persistent mitochondrial heterogeneity within the natural population of the basidiomycete fungus Thelephora ganbajun represents a significant advance in understanding mitochondrial inheritance and evolution in eukaryotes. Here, we present a comprehensive analysis by sequencing and assembling the complete mitogenomes of 40 samples exhibiting diverse cox1 heterogeneity patterns from various geographical origins. Additionally, we identified heterogeneous variants in the nad5 gene, which, similar to cox1, displayed variability across multiple copies. Notably, our stu

SUBMITTER: Li H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11354633 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature