• Mitochondrial DNA insertion into nuclear chromosomes of maize 

    Lough, Ashley N.; Kato, Akio; Birchler, James A. (James Arthur), 1950-; Newton, Kathleen J. (University of Missouri--Columbia. Office of Undergraduate Research, 2004)
    Every mitochondrion contains its own DNA separate from the nucleus. Over evolutionary time, most of the mitochondrial genes have moved to the nucleus so that now mitochondria require nuclear DNA to function. This type of ...