TY - JOUR
T1 - Atypical mitochondrial DNA from the deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus
AU - Snyder, Marlene
AU - Fraser, Alan R.
AU - Laroche, Julie
AU - Gartner-Kepkay, Katherine E.
AU - Zouros, Eleftherios
AU - Kafatos, F. C.
PY - 1987/11
Y1 - 1987/11
N2 - The mitochondrial DNA of most metazoan animals is highly conserved in size, averaging about 17 kilobase pairs (kbp). The mitochondrial DNA from the deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, in contrast, has been found to be approximately 34 kbp long. It is also highly variable in size from individual to individual and is unusual in the extent of its size variation. Mitochondrial DNAs from individuals collected at the same site differ by as much as 7 kbp. The size variation is due largely to differences in the number of copies of a tandemly repeated 1.2-kbp element.
AB - The mitochondrial DNA of most metazoan animals is highly conserved in size, averaging about 17 kilobase pairs (kbp). The mitochondrial DNA from the deep-sea scallop Placopecten magellanicus, in contrast, has been found to be approximately 34 kbp long. It is also highly variable in size from individual to individual and is unusual in the extent of its size variation. Mitochondrial DNAs from individuals collected at the same site differ by as much as 7 kbp. The size variation is due largely to differences in the number of copies of a tandemly repeated 1.2-kbp element.
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U2 - 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7595
DO - 10.1073/pnas.84.21.7595
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85018193988
SN - 0027-8424
VL - 84
SP - 7595
EP - 7599
JO - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
JF - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
IS - 21
ER -