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- adjective genetics That does not undergo
recombination
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From the paper…”The predicted acceleration in mutational decay in asexual lineages extends to the normally nonrecombining mitochondrial genes because the loss of segregation between nuclear and organelle genomes, analogous to the loss of recombination between nuclear loci, subjects such genes to selective interference from the entire nuclear genome.”
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…”The predicted acceleration in mutational decay in asexual lineages extends to the normally nonrecombining mitochondrial genes because the loss of segregation between nuclear and organelle genomes, analogous to the loss of recombination between nuclear loci, subjects such genes to selective interference from the entire nuclear genome.”
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…”The predicted acceleration in mutational decay in asexual lineages extends to the normally nonrecombining mitochondrial genes because the loss of segregation between nuclear and organelle genomes, analogous to the loss of recombination between nuclear loci, subjects such genes to selective interference from the entire nuclear genome.”
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