Next generation sequencing of gonadal transcriptome suggests standard maternal inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in Eurhomalea rufa (Veneridae)
Burzynski, Artur
- 1Polish Academy of Sciences
- 2North West University - South Africa
- 3
Journal
Marine Genomics
ISSN
1874-7787
1876-7478
Open Access
closed
Volume
31
Start page
21
End page
23
Contrary to some of its relatives from Veneridae family, such as Venerupis philippinarium, the clam Eurhomalea rufa lacks doubly uniparental inheritance system of mitochondria. Here we present the argument for strict maternal inheritance of mitochondria in this species, based on next-generation sequencing of gonadal transcriptomes. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.