Ever since the pre-molecular era, the birth of new genes with novel functions has been
considered to be a major contributor to adaptive evolutionary innovation. Here, I review the …

The study of reproductive isolation and species barriers frequently focuses on mitochondrial
genomes and has produced two alternative and almost diametrically opposed narratives. On …

The partitioning of genetic material between the nucleus and cytoplasmic (mitochondrial and
plastid) genomes within eukaryotic cells necessitates coordinated integration between these …

Mitochondria are responsible for providing energy currency to life processes in the
molecular form of ATP and are therefore typically referred to as the power factories of cells …

Background Sequence analysis of organelle genomes has revealed important aspects of
plant cell evolution. The scope of this study was to develop an approach for de novo …

Background Gymnosperms represent five of the six lineages of seed plants. However, most
sequenced plant mitochondrial genomes (mitogenomes) have been generated for …

The exchange of genetic material between cellular organelles through intracellular gene
transfer (IGT) or between species by horizontal gene transfer (HGT) has played an important …

Many mitochondrial and plastid protein complexes contain subunits that are encoded in
different genomes. In animals, nuclear-encoded mitochondrial proteins often exhibit rapid …

Sapindus mukorossi is a species of great value in the oil, cosmetic and pharmaceutical
industries. However, there have been little progress in industrialization development of S …

Recent advances in sequencing technology have led to a rapid accumulation of
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences, which now represent the wide spectrum of animal …