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Atypical mitochondrial DNA from the deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus

Year: 1987

Type: article

Abstract: The mitochondrial DNA of most metazoan animals is highly conserved in size, averaging about 17 kilobase paris (kbp). The mitochondrial DNA from the deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, in contrast, has been found to be approximately 34 kbp long. It is also highly variable in size from individual to individual and is unusual in the extent of its size variation. Mitochondrial DNAs from individuals collected at the same site differ by as much as 7 kbp. The size variation is due largely to differences in the number of copies of a tandemly repeated 1.2-kbp element.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

DOI: 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7595

Authors: Marlene Snyder, Alan R. Fraser, Julie LaRoche, Katherine E. Gartner-Kepkay, Eleftherios Zouros

Institutions: Dalhousie University, University of Crete

Language: English

Topic: Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

SDG: Life below water

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2010167976

FWCI: 1.859

Cites: 22

Cited by: 81

Related to: 10