Abstract
As a key cell organelle, with its own semiautonomous genetic system, the mitochondrion and its enclosed DNA (mt DNA) have been the target of a huge amount of research using the methods of molecular biology (see, e.g., refs. 1,2). Saccharomyces cerevisiae has, of course, been a particular focus of attention (see, e.g., refs. 3,4), but the mtDNAs of other yeasts are becoming increasingly well known (see, e.g., ref. 5).
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Bignell, G.R., Miller, A.R.M., Evans, I.H. (1996). Isolation of Mitochondrial DNA. In: Evans, I.H. (eds) Yeast Protocols. Methods in Molecular Biology™, vol 53. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1385/0-89603-319-8:109
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