title: Analysis of the coding potential of the ORF in the control region of the female-transmitted Mytilus mtDNA.
abstract: Key elements in determining the sex-specific transmission of the female and male mitochondrial genomes in Mytilus species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA are suspected to be contained in the control region. A novel F genome-specific open reading frame (ORF) identified in this region has previously been hypothesized to be involved in the DUI mechanism. In their recent work Kyriakou et al. (2014a) questioned the functionality of this ORF. Here, we present evidence that this ORF is transcribed and may thus code for a functional product.
authors.affiliation: Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada.
authors.forename: Ioana
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Minoiu
authors.affiliation: Department of Genetics and Marine Biotechnology, Institute of Oceanology, Polish Academy of Sciences, 81-712 Sopot, Poland.
authors.forename: Artur
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Burzyński
authors.affiliation: Département de Sciences Biologiques, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada. Electronic address: s.breton@umontreal.ca.
authors.forename: Sophie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Breton
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005260:Female; D049878:Mytilus / Q000235:genetics*; D016366:Open Reading Frames
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial