Like most eukaryotes, plants get their mitochondria from one of their parents. Most often it is the maternal line that provides them. Now a group of international researchers found out that in tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) paternal mitochondria slip through more often than first thought.
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Organelle variation
Organelle variation Often we assume that genes responsible for phenotypic variation resides in the nuclear genome. Now a group of international researchers show in PNAS that also genes located in organelles are contributing to phenotypic variation. Organelles like mitochondria and chloroplasts contain genetic material, remnants of ancient symbiotic ancestors. Genes essential for function of theContinue reading “Organelle variation”
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