Claim · model-written summary
Mediterranean and Atlantic regions both had high mitochondrial polymorphism near 0.87.
- Taxon
- sea beet
Beta vulgaris subsp. maritimat0 - Outcome
- mitochondrial polymorphisme0
- Value
- ~0.87e0
- Setting
- Mediterranean and the Atlantic regionse0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentComparatorDirectionQualifier
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Verbatim
e0“similarly high mitochondrial polymorphism (~0.87) in both the Mediterranean and the Atlantic regions”
t0“sea beet”
Title
Tomoki Murata; Hiroyo Kagami-Katsuyama; Mion Oishi; et al. PLoS ONE 2025. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0332940
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation A network of 270 sea beet sequences was complex with several star-like clusters.
- Observation Mediterranean haplotypes were dispersed across the network.
- Observation Atlantic coast haplotypes tended to cluster.
- Mechanism The geographic haplotype pattern supports Mediterranean origin followed by Atlantic migration.
- Observation Four mitochondrial minisatellite loci defined 29 mitotypes.
- Observation Most subregions contained 8-15 mitotypes.
- Observation Denmark had a single mitotype among 139 plants from 11 accessions.
- Observation Danish sea beet has exceptional mitochondrial monomorphism relative to nearby Atlantic subregions.
- Association The Danish mitotype was not associated with CMS.
- Observation The Danish population may lack CMS mitochondria.