mutation accumulation

Neiman M & Taylor DR 2009 The causes of mutation accumulation in mitochondrial genomes. Proc R Soc Lond B 276:1201-1209.

• very little recombination is required to counter mutation accumulation
• recent evidence suggests that mitochondrial genomes do experience occasional recombination

• mutation accumulation in highly selfing populations should be linked to reductions in N_e due more to uniparental reproduction than to restricted effects of recombination