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. 1979 Mar;137(3):1449–1451. doi: 10.1128/jb.137.3.1449-1451.1979

Transmission of mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid in Neurospora crassa sexual crosses.

C A Mannella, T H Pittenger, A M Lambowitz
PMCID: PMC218337  PMID: 155689

Abstract

Neurospora crassa mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid shows strict uniparental inheritance in sexual crosses, with a notable absence of mixtures and recombinant types that appear frequently in heteroplasmons.

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