Université Montpellier 2, CNRS UMR 5554-Institut des Sciences de l'Evolution, Place E Bataillon-CC64, 34095 Montpellier, France.
BMC Biol. 2011 Sep 27;9:61. doi: 10.1186/1741-7007-9-61.
The mitochondrial genome of plants is-in every respect and for yet unclear reasons-very different from the well-studied one of animals. Thanks to next-generation sequencing technologies, Davila et al. precisely characterized the role played by recombination and DNA repair in controlling mitochondrial variations in Arabidopsis thaliana, thus opening new perspectives on the long-term evolution of this intriguing genome.
植物的线粒体基因组在各方面都与研究充分的动物线粒体基因组大不相同，但原因尚不清楚。借助新一代测序技术，Davila 等人精确地描述了重组和 DNA 修复在控制拟南芥中线粒体变异方面所发挥的作用，从而为研究这个引人入胜的基因组的长期演化提供了新的视角。
