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SUBMITTER: Strakova A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7297733 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Nature communications 20200616 1
Autonomous replication and segregation of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) creates the potential for evolutionary conflict driven by emergence of haplotypes under positive selection for 'selfish' traits, such as replicative advantage. However, few cases of this phenomenon arising within natural populations have been described. Here, we survey the frequency of mtDNA horizontal transfer within the canine transmissible venereal tumour (CTVT), a contagious cancer clone that occasionally acquires mtDNA from ...[more]