Phylonumtomics uncovers diverse evolutionary trajectories of mitogenomic fossils buried in mammalian and avian genomes
Y.-C. Chen, D. L. Vendrami, M. L. Huber, L. E. Handel, C. R. Cooney, J. Hoffman, T. Gossmann
The paper identifies NUMTs with intact mitochondrial reading frames in mammalian and avian genomes, showing evidence of introgression in birds and selection in both groups, with some NUMTs showing signs of adaptive evolution.
bioRxiv · Aug 7, 2023 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology