Molecular Biology and Evolution, Vol 12, 893-901, Copyright © 1995 by Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution
PD Rawson and TJ Hilbish
A novel form of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) inheritance has previously been
documented for the blue mussel (Mytilus edulis). Female mussels inherit
their mtDNA solely from their mother while males inherit mtDNA from both
their mother and their father. In males, the paternal mtDNA is
preferentially amplified so that the male gonad is highly enriched for the
paternal mtDNA that is then transmitted from fathers to sons. We
demonstrate that this mode of mtDNA inheritance also operates in the
closely related species M. galloprovincialis and M. trossulus. The
evolutionary relationship between the male and female mtDNA lineages is
estimated by phylogenetic analysis of 455 nucleotides from the large
subunit ribosomal RNA gene. We have found that the male and female lineages
are highly divergent; the divergence of these lineages began prior to the
speciation of the three species of blue mussels. Further, the separation
between the male and female lineages is estimated to have occurred between
5.3 and 5.7 MYA.
ORIGINAL ARTICLE
Evolutionary relationships among the male and female mitochondrial DNA lineages in the Mytilus edulis species complex
Department of Biological Sciences, University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208, USA.
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