The on‐again, off‐again relationship between mitochondrial genomes and species boundaries

DB Sloan, JC Havird, J Sharbrough - Molecular ecology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
The study of reproductive isolation and species barriers frequently focuses on mitochondrial
genomes and has produced two alternative and almost diametrically opposed narratives. On …

A disproportionate role for mt DNA in D obzhansky–M uller incompatibilities?

RS Burton, FS Barreto - Molecular ecology, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Evolution in allopatric populations can lead to incompatibilities that result in reduced hybrid
fitness and ultimately reproductive isolation upon secondary contact. The D obzhansky–M …

Large variation in the ratio of mitochondrial to nuclear mutation rate across animals: implications for genetic diversity and the use of mitochondrial DNA as a molecular …

R Allio, S Donega, N Galtier… - Molecular biology and …, 2017 - academic.oup.com
It is commonly assumed that mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) evolves at a faster rate than
nuclear DNA (nuDNA) in animals. This has contributed to the popularity of mtDNA as a …

Genomic signatures of mitonuclear coevolution across populations of Tigriopus californicus

FS Barreto, ET Watson, TG Lima, CS Willett… - Nature ecology & …, 2018 - nature.com
The copepod Tigriopus californicus shows extensive population divergence and is
becoming a model for understanding allopatric differentiation and the early stages of …

Assessing the fitness consequences of mitonuclear interactions in natural populations

GE Hill, JC Havird, DB Sloan, RS Burton… - Biological …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Metazoans exist only with a continuous and rich supply of chemical energy from oxidative
phosphorylation in mitochondria. The oxidative phosphorylation machinery that mediates …

Ecological novelty by hybridization: experimental evidence for increased thermal tolerance by transgressive segregation in Tigriopus californicus

RJ Pereira, FS Barreto, RS Burton - Evolution, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Early generations of hybrids can express both genetic incompatibilities and phenotypic
novelty. Insights into whether these conflicting interactions between intrinsic and extrinsic …

Cytonuclear interactions and relaxed selection accelerate sequence evolution in organelle ribosomes

DB Sloan, DA Triant, M Wu… - Molecular Biology and …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Many mitochondrial and plastid protein complexes contain subunits that are encoded in
different genomes. In animals, nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins often exhibit rapid …

Not all mitochondrial DNAs are made equal and the nucleus knows it

AV Lechuga‐Vieco, R Justo‐Méndez, JA Enríquez - Iubmb Life, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
The oxidative phosphorylation (OXPHOS) system is the only structure in animal cells with
components encoded by two genomes, maternally transmitted mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) …

Cytoplasmic genetic variation and extensive cytonuclear interactions influence natural variation in the metabolome

B Joseph, JA Corwin, B Li, S Atwell, DJ Kliebenstein - Elife, 2013 - elifesciences.org
Understanding genome to phenotype linkages has been greatly enabled by genomic
sequencing. However, most genome analysis is typically confined to the nuclear genome …

Genomic scans reveal multiple mito-nuclear incompatibilities in population crosses of the copepod Tigriopus californicus

TG Lima, RS Burton, CS Willett - Evolution, 2019 - academic.oup.com
The evolution of intrinsic postzygotic isolation can be explained by the accumulation of
Dobzhansky-Muller incompatibilities (DMI). Asymmetries in the levels of hybrid inviability …