Abstract: Proteins encoded by interacting mitochondrial and nuclear genes catalyze essential metabolic processes in eukaryote cells. The correct functioning of such processes requires combinations of mitochondrial and nuclear alleles that work together (mitonuclear interactions) and the avoidance of mismatched combinations (mitonuclear incompatibilities). This interplay could have a major role during the early stages of population divergence. Here, we show that mitonuclear interactions maintain a deep mitochondrial divergence in the face of nuclear gene ...
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Topics: 
Genetics
Evolutionary biology