No evidence for absence of paternal mtDNA in male progeny from pair matings of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis.
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.
Theologidis
Ioannis
I
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre la Sal, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Ribera de Cabanes, E 12595, Castellón, Spain.
Saavedra
Carlos
C
Zouros
Eleftherios
E
D000818:Animals; D003433:Crosses, Genetic; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D049878:Mytilus / Q000235:genetics*; D012727:Sex Characteristics
D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial