title: No evidence for absence of paternal mtDNA in male progeny from pair matings of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.
abstract: The claim that a Mytilus galloprovincialis male failed to transmit mtDNA to its sons in controlled crosses is shown to be false. At present there is no evidence for mussel males lacking a paternal mtDNA. This makes unlikely the hypothesis that maternal genomes may become paternally transmitted by invading the germ line of males that lack a paternal genome.
authors: Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre la Sal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ribera de Cabanes, E 12595, Castellón, Spain.
authors: Ioannis
authors: I
authors: Theologidis
authors: Carlos
authors: C
authors: Saavedra
authors: Eleftherios
authors: E
authors: Zouros
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D049878:Mytilus / Q000235:genetics*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial