Mitochondria and the thermal limits of ectotherms

DJ Chung, PM Schulte - Journal of Experimental Biology, 2020 - journals.biologists.com
Temperature is a critical abiotic factor sha** the distribution and abundance of species,
but the mechanisms that underpin organismal thermal limits remain poorly understood. One …

[HTML][HTML] Redox stress shortens lifespan through suppression of respiratory complex I in flies with mitonuclear incompatibilities

MF Camus, E Rodriguez, V Kotiadis, H Carter… - Experimental …, 2023 - Elsevier
Incompatibilities between mitochondrial and nuclear genes can perturb respiration,
biosynthesis, signaling and gene expression. Here we investigate whether mild mitonuclear …

How does epigenetics influence the course of evolution?

A Ashe, V Colot, BP Oldroyd - … transactions of the …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Epigenetics is the study of changes in gene activity that can be transmitted through cell
divisions but cannot be explained by changes in the DNA sequence. Epigenetic …

The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities in allopatric speciation

RS Burton - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Aerobic metabolism in eukaryotic cells requires extensive interactions between products of
the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Rapid evolution of the mitochondrial genome …

Estimating the genetic diversity of Pacific salmon and trout using multigene eDNA metabarcoding

K Weitemier, BE Penaluna, LL Hauck… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic diversity underpins species conservation and management goals, and ultimately
determines a species' ability to adapt. Using freshwater environmental DNA (eDNA) …

Nuclear compensatory evolution driven by mito-nuclear incompatibilities

D Princepe, MAM de Aguiar - Proceedings of the National Academy of …, 2024 - pnas.org
Mitochondrial function relies on the coordinated expression of mitochondrial and nuclear
genes, exhibiting remarkable resilience despite high mitochondrial mutation rates. The …

Mitonuclear coevolution, but not nuclear compensation, drives evolution of OXPHOS complexes in bivalves

G Piccinini, M Iannello, G Puccio… - Molecular Biology …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
In Metazoa, four out of five complexes involved in oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) are
formed by subunits encoded by both the mitochondrial (mtDNA) and nuclear (nuDNA) …

[HTML][HTML] Is it time for genetic reinforcement of French Iberian ibex populations?

JM Pérez, JE Granados, A Garnier, RC Soriguer… - Journal for Nature …, 2024 - Elsevier
An evolutionary significant unit of the Iberian ibex (Capra pyrenaica), the Pyrenean ibex or
“bucardo”(Capra pyrenaica pyrenaica) became extinct in its natural range, the Pyrenees, at …

Mitonuclear mismatch alters performance and reproductive success in naturally introgressed populations of a montane leaf beetle

NE Rank, P Mardulyn, SJ Heidl, KT Roberts… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coordination between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is critical to metabolic processes
underlying animals' ability to adapt to local environments, yet consequences of mitonuclear …

Recovery from hybrid breakdown reveals a complex genetic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities

RJ Pereira, TG Lima, NT Pierce‐Ward… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive isolation is often achieved when genes that are neutral or beneficial in their
genomic background become functionally incompatible in a foreign genomic background …