Mitochondria carry their own genetic information encoding for a subset of protein-coding
genes and translational machinery essential for cellular respiration and metabolism. Despite …

Research on the role of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the aging process has advanced
significantly over the last two decades. In light of recent findings, ROS takes part in the aging …

Next-generation DNA sequencing promises to revolutionize clinical medicine and basic
research. However, while this technology has the capacity to generate hundreds of billions …

The natural transfer of DNA from mitochondria to the nucleus generates nuclear copies of
mitochondrial DNA (numts) and is an ongoing evolutionary process, as genome sequences …

For over half a century, it has been known that the rate of morphological evolution appears
to vary with the time frame of measurement. Rates of microevolutionary change, measured …

The evolution of reproductive barriers is the first step in the formation of new species and
can help us understand the diversification of life on Earth. These reproductive barriers often …

Wolbachia are intracellular bacterial symbionts that are able to protect various insect hosts
from viral infections. This tripartite interaction was initially described in Drosophila …

The manifestation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) diseases depends on the frequency of
heteroplasmy (the presence of several alleles in an individual), yet its transmission across …

Abstract Background Approximate Bayesian computation (ABC) is a recent flexible class of
Monte-Carlo algorithms increasingly used to make model-based inference on complex …

The systematics of the genera and subgenera within the soft tick family Argasidae is not
adequately resolved. Different classification schemes, reflecting diverse schools of scientific …