Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci
Nuclear mitochondrial DNA segment (Numt) insertion describes a well-known phenomenon of mitochondrial DNA transfer into a eukaryotic nuclear genome. However, it has not been well understood, especially in plants. Numt insertion patterns vary from species to species in different kingdoms. In this stu...
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description | Nuclear mitochondrial DNA segment (Numt) insertion describes a well-known phenomenon of mitochondrial DNA transfer into a eukaryotic nuclear genome. However, it has not been well understood, especially in plants. Numt insertion patterns vary from species to species in different kingdoms. In this study, the patterns were surveyed in nine plant species, and we found some tip-offs. First, when the mitochondrial genome size is relatively large, the portion of the longer Numt is also larger than the short one. Second, the whole genome duplication event increases the ratio of the shorter Numt portion in the size distribution. Third, Numt insertions are enriched in exon regions. This analysis may be helpful for understanding plant evolution. |
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spelling | doaj-art-4e2f1a69b54443569d4a16493d8d638e2025-02-02T22:48:43ZengBioMed CentralGenomics & Informatics1598-866X2234-07422016-09-01143909510.5808/GI.2016.14.3.90196Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion LociYoung-Joon Ko0Sangsoo Kim1Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea.Department of Bioinformatics and Life Science, Soongsil University, Seoul 06978, Korea.Nuclear mitochondrial DNA segment (Numt) insertion describes a well-known phenomenon of mitochondrial DNA transfer into a eukaryotic nuclear genome. However, it has not been well understood, especially in plants. Numt insertion patterns vary from species to species in different kingdoms. In this study, the patterns were surveyed in nine plant species, and we found some tip-offs. First, when the mitochondrial genome size is relatively large, the portion of the longer Numt is also larger than the short one. Second, the whole genome duplication event increases the ratio of the shorter Numt portion in the size distribution. Third, Numt insertions are enriched in exon regions. This analysis may be helpful for understanding plant evolution.http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-14-90.pdfDNA transferingnuclear mitochondrial DNAnumtplant mitochondrial DNA |
spellingShingle | Young-Joon Ko Sangsoo Kim Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci Genomics & Informatics DNA transfering nuclear mitochondrial DNA numt plant mitochondrial DNA |
title | Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci |
title_full | Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci |
title_fullStr | Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci |
title_full_unstemmed | Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci |
title_short | Analysis of Nuclear Mitochondrial DNA Segments of Nine Plant Species: Size, Distribution, and Insertion Loci |
title_sort | analysis of nuclear mitochondrial dna segments of nine plant species size distribution and insertion loci |
topic | DNA transfering nuclear mitochondrial DNA numt plant mitochondrial DNA |
url | http://genominfo.org/upload/pdf/gni-14-90.pdf |
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