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Recombination of Plant Mitochondrial Genomes

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Homologous Recombination and Gene Silencing in Plants

Abstract

Plant mitochondrial genomes share several unique structural features that distinguish them from both mammalian and fungal mitochondrial genomes. The size of plant mitochondrial genomes is highly variable and quite large, ranging in size from approximately 208 kilobases (kb) to over 2200 kb (Palmer & Herbon 1987; Ward et al. 1981). In contrast, the circular genomes of animal and fungal mitochondria range in size from 15–75 kb (Kessler & Avise 1985; Clark-Walker 1985). Perhaps the most unique structural feature of plant mitochondrial DNAs (mtDNAs) is the presence of large repeated sequences, many of which appear to be involved in intra- and inter-molecular recombination. Multicircular mitochondrial genomes are predicted to result from these recombination events. In addition to recombination involving large repeats, recombination between short homologous sequences occasionally occurs within the plant mitochondrion. These rare recombinational events play an important role in the continual evolution of the mitochondrial genome, creating chimeric genes, pseudogenes, duplications, deletions and new copies of the large recombination repeats.

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Conklin, P.L., Hanson, M.R. (1994). Recombination of Plant Mitochondrial Genomes. In: Paszkowski, J. (eds) Homologous Recombination and Gene Silencing in Plants. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1094-5_4

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