Testing the Effect of Metabolic Rate on DNA Variability at the Intra-Specific Level
We tested the metabolic rate hypothesis (whereby rates of mtDNA evolution are postulated to be mediated primarily by mutagenic by-products of respiration) by examining whether mass-specific metabolic rate was correlated with root-to-tip distance on a set of mtDNA trees for the springtail Cryptopygus...
Published in: | PLoS ONE |
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Main Authors: | , |
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Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2010
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Online Access: | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2837744 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20300626 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0009686 |
Summary: | We tested the metabolic rate hypothesis (whereby rates of mtDNA evolution are postulated to be mediated primarily by mutagenic by-products of respiration) by examining whether mass-specific metabolic rate was correlated with root-to-tip distance on a set of mtDNA trees for the springtail Cryptopygus antarcticus travei from sub-Antarctic Marion Island. |
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