No evidence for absence of paternal mtDNA in male progeny from pair matings of the mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis

Abstract

The claim that a Mytilus galloprovincialis male failed to transmit mtDNA to its sons in controlled crosses is shown to be false. At present there is no evidence for mussel males lacking a paternal mtDNA. This makes unlikely the hypothesis that maternal genomes may become paternally transmitted by invading the germ line of males that lack a paternal genome. Copyright © 2007 by the Genetics Society of America.