Old trade, new tricks: insights into the spontaneous mutation process from the partnering of classical mutation accumulation experiments with high-throughput …

V Katju, U Bergthorsson - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Mutations spawn genetic variation which, in turn, fuels evolution. Hence, experimental
investigations into the rate and fitness effects of spontaneous mutations are central to the …

Bayesian inference of population size history from multiple loci

J Heled, AJ Drummond - BMC evolutionary biology, 2008 - Springer
Background Effective population size (N e) is related to genetic variability and is a basic
parameter in many models of population genetics. A number of methods for inferring current …

Speciation through cytonuclear incompatibility: insights from yeast and implications for higher eukaryotes

JY Chou, JY Leu - Bioessays, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Several features of the yeast mitochondrial genome, including high mutation rate, dynamic
genomic structure, small effective population size, and dispensability for cellular viability …

An Incompatibility between a Mitochondrial tRNA and Its Nuclear-Encoded tRNA Synthetase Compromises Development and Fitness in Drosophila

CD Meiklejohn, MA Holmbeck, MA Siddiq, DN Abt… - PLoS …, 2013 - journals.plos.org
Mitochondrial transcription, translation, and respiration require interactions between genes
encoded in two distinct genomes, generating the potential for mutations in nuclear and …

New views on strand asymmetry in insect mitochondrial genomes

SJ Wei, M Shi, XX Chen, MJ Sharkey… - PLoS …, 2010 - journals.plos.org
Strand asymmetry in nucleotide composition is a remarkable feature of animal mitochondrial
genomes. Understanding the mutation processes that shape strand asymmetry is essential …

A mitochondria-specific mutational signature of aging: increased rate of A> G substitutions on the heavy strand

AG Mikhailova, AA Mikhailova, K Ushakova… - Nucleic acids …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
The mutational spectrum of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) does not resemble any of the
known mutational signatures of the nuclear genome and variation in mtDNA mutational …

Patterns of positive selection in seven ant genomes

J Roux, E Privman, S Moretti, JT Daub… - Molecular biology …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of ants is marked by remarkable adaptations that allowed the development of
very complex social systems. To identify how ant-specific adaptations are associated with …

Expansion dating: calibrating molecular clocks in marine species from expansions onto the Sunda Shelf following the Last Glacial Maximum

ED Crandall, EJ Sbrocco, TS DeBoer… - Molecular Biology …, 2012 - academic.oup.com
The rate of change in DNA is an important parameter for understanding molecular evolution
and hence for inferences drawn from studies of phylogeography and phylogenetics. Most …

Evolved genetic and phenotypic differences due to mitochondrial-nuclear interactions

TZ Baris, DN Wagner, DI Dayan, X Du, PU Blier… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
The oxidative phosphorylation (OxPhos) pathway is responsible for most aerobic ATP
production and is the only pathway with both nuclear and mitochondrial encoded proteins …

Pleiotropic Effects of a Mitochondrial–Nuclear Incompatibility Depend upon the Accelerating Effect of Temperature in Drosophila

LA Hoekstra, MA Siddiq, KL Montooth - Genetics, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Interactions between mitochondrial and nuclear gene products that underlie eukaryotic
energy metabolism can cause the fitness effects of mutations in one genome to be …