The extremely divergent maternally- and paternally-transmitted mitochondrial genomes are co-expressed in somatic tissues of two freshwater mussel species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA

Sophie Breton; Karim Bouvet; Gabrielle Auclair; Stéphanie Ghazal; Bernard E. Sietman; Nathan Johnson; Stefano Bettinazzi; Donald T. Stewart; Davide Guerra

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0183529

Loading metrics

Open Access

Peer-reviewed

Research Article

The extremely divergent maternally- and paternally-transmitted mitochondrial genomes are co-expressed in somatic tissues of two freshwater mussel species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA

Sophie Breton ,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – original draft

* E-mail: s.breton@umontreal.ca

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8286-486X

⨯
Karim Bouvet,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
⨯
Gabrielle Auclair,

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
⨯
Stéphanie Ghazal,

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
⨯
Bernard E. Sietman,

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Division of Ecological and Water Resources, Lake City, Minnesota, United States of America
⨯
Nathan Johnson,

Roles Resources, Writing – original draft

Affiliation U. S. Geological Survey, Wetland and Aquatic Research Center, Gainesville, Florida, United States of America
⨯
Stefano Bettinazzi,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
⨯
Donald T. Stewart,

Roles Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biology, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada
⨯
Davide Guerra

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
⨯

The extremely divergent maternally- and paternally-transmitted mitochondrial genomes are co-expressed in somatic tissues of two freshwater mussel species with doubly uniparental inheritance of mtDNA

Sophie Breton,
Karim Bouvet,
Gabrielle Auclair,
Stéphanie Ghazal,
Bernard E. Sietman,
Nathan Johnson,
Stefano Bettinazzi,
Donald T. Stewart,
Davide Guerra

Published: August 17, 2017
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183529

Reader Comments (0)

Post a new comment on this article

Subject Areas
?

For more information about PLOS Subject Areas, click here.
We want your feedback. Do these Subject Areas make sense for this article? Click the target next to the incorrect Subject Area and let us know. Thanks for your help!

Mitochondrial DNA
Is the Subject Area "Mitochondrial DNA" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Mitochondria
Is the Subject Area "Mitochondria" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Gonads
Is the Subject Area "Gonads" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Genomics
Is the Subject Area "Genomics" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Mussels
Is the Subject Area "Mussels" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Polymerase chain reaction
Is the Subject Area "Polymerase chain reaction" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Fresh water
Is the Subject Area "Fresh water" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.
Heteroplasmy
Is the Subject Area "Heteroplasmy" applicable to this article?

Thanks for your feedback.