Khrapko Konstantin
Nat Genet. 2008 Feb;40(2):134-5. doi: 10.1038/ng0208-134.
Rapid changes in mitochondrial DNA allele frequency between generations have been explained by an ‘mtDNA bottleneck’ in the germ line, and mtDNA aggregates, or nucleoids have been recently proposed to drive such a bottleneck. Now, a new study finds a sharp reduction in mtDNA content in the germ line and suggests that such reduction alone may account for the bottleneck effect.
线粒体DNA等位基因频率在代际间的快速变化已通过生殖系中的“线粒体DNA瓶颈”得到解释,并且最近有人提出线粒体DNA聚集体或类核驱动了这种瓶颈效应。现在,一项新研究发现生殖系中线粒体DNA含量急剧减少,并表明仅这种减少就可能解释瓶颈效应。