Mosaic origins of a complex chimeric mitochondrial gene in Silene vulgaris.

Chimeric genes are significant sources of evolutionary innovation that are normally created when portions of two or more protein coding regions fuse to form a new open reading frame. In plant mitochondria astonishingly high numbers of different novel chimeric genes have been reported, where they are...

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Main Authors: Helena Storchova, Karel Müller, Steffen Lau, Matthew S Olson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3288002?pdf=render