The role of mitonuclear incompatibilities in allopatric speciation

RS Burton - Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences, 2022 - Springer
Aerobic metabolism in eukaryotic cells requires extensive interactions between products of
the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. Rapid evolution of the mitochondrial genome …

A review and assessment of the shared-pathway hypothesis for the maintenance of signal honesty in red ketocarotenoid-based coloration

MJ Powers, GE Hill - Integrative and comparative biology, 2021 - academic.oup.com
For decades, scientists have noted connections between individual condition and
carotenoid-based coloration in terrestrial and aquatic animals. Organisms that produce more …

The avian W chromosome is a refugium for endogenous retroviruses with likely effects on female-biased mutational load and genetic incompatibilities

V Peona, OM Palacios-Gimenez… - … of the Royal …, 2021 - royalsocietypublishing.org
It is a broadly observed pattern that the non-recombining regions of sex-limited
chromosomes (Y and W) accumulate more repeats than the rest of the genome, even in …

Species delimitation, phylogenomics, and biogeography of Sulawesi flying lizards: a diversification history complicated by ancient hybridization, cryptic species, and …

JA Mcguire, X Huang, SB Reilly, DT Iskandar… - Systematic …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
The biota of Sulawesi is noted for its high degree of endemism and for its substantial levels
of in situ biological diversification. While the island's long period of isolation and dynamic …

Strong selective effects of mitochondrial DNA on the nuclear genome

TM Healy, RS Burton - … of the National Academy of Sciences, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
Oxidative phosphorylation, the primary source of cellular energy in eukaryotes, requires
gene products encoded in both the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. As a result …

Mitonuclear mismatch alters performance and reproductive success in naturally introgressed populations of a montane leaf beetle

NE Rank, P Mardulyn, SJ Heidl, KT Roberts… - …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Coordination between nuclear and mitochondrial genomes is critical to metabolic processes
underlying animals' ability to adapt to local environments, yet consequences of mitonuclear …

Recovery from hybrid breakdown reveals a complex genetic architecture of mitonuclear incompatibilities

RJ Pereira, TG Lima, NT Pierce‐Ward… - Molecular …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Reproductive isolation is often achieved when genes that are neutral or beneficial in their
genomic background become functionally incompatible in a foreign genomic background …

Mitonuclear conflict and cooperation govern the integration of genotypes, phenotypes and environments

DM Rand, JA Mossman - Philosophical Transactions of …, 2020 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The mitonuclear genome is the most successful co-evolved mutualism in the history of life on
Earth. The cross-talk between the mitochondrial and nuclear genomes has been shaped by …

Speciation and the developmental alarm clock

AD Cutter, JD Bundus - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
New species arise as the genomes of populations diverge. The developmental 'alarm
clock'of speciation sounds off when sufficient divergence in genetic control of development …

Pervasive mitonuclear coadaptation underlies fast development in interpopulation hybrids of a marine crustacean

KL Han, FS Barreto - Genome Biology and Evolution, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Cellular energy production requires coordinated interactions between genetic components
from the nuclear and mitochondrial genomes. This coordination results in coadaptation of …