Screening for the ancient polar bear mitochondrial genome reveals low integration of mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) in bears
F. Lammers, A. Janke, C. Rueckle, V. Zizka, M. A. Nilsson
The paper screens the polar bear genome for mitochondrial pseudogenes (numts) and finds only 13 integrations, suggesting a low integration rate and loss of the original polar bear mitochondrial genome.
bioRxiv · Dec 16, 2016Evolutionary Biology