Gene duplication and transfer events in plant mitochondria genome.
Gene or genome duplication events increase the amount of genetic material available to increase the genomic, and thereby phenotypic, complexity of organisms during evolution. Gene duplication and transfer events have been important to molecular evolution in all three domains of life, and may be the first step in the emergence of new gene functions. Gene transfer events have been proposed as another accelerator of evolution. The duplicated gene or genome, mainly nuclear, has been the subject of several recent reviews. In addition to the nuclear genome, organisms have organelle genomes, including mitochondrial genome. In this review, we briefly summarize gene duplication and transfer events in the plant mitochondrial genome.
Xiong
Ai-Sheng
AS
Biotechnology Research Institute, Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Shanghai 201106, China.
Peng
Ri-He
RH
Zhuang
Jing
J
Gao
Feng
F
Zhu
Bo
B
Fu
Xiao-Yan
XY
Xue
Yong
Y
Jin
Xiao-Fen
XF
Tian
Yong-Sheng
YS
Zhao
Wei
W
Yao
Quan-Hong
QH