Abstract
Transposition events have created chloroplast-DNA-derived ribosomal protein pseudogenes in chloroplast (Bowman et al 1988, Shimada and Sugiura 1989) and mitochondrial (eg Moon et al 1988) genomes of some higher plants. Examining the role of homologous recombination in the evolutionary fate of these ribosomal protein genes and their pseudogenes, can offer some insight into the possible influence of homologous recombination on the evolution of organelle genomes in general.
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Bowman, C.M. (1991). The Evolution of Genes and Pseudogenes for Some Chloroplast Ribosomal Proteins. Transposition and Recombination Lead to Different Fates in Different Genomes. In: Mache, R., Stutz, E., Subramanian, A.R. (eds) The Translational Apparatus of Photosynthetic Organelles. NATO ASI Series, vol 55. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-75145-5_6
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