@ARTICLE{_The_2017, volume={vol. 59}, number={No 1}, journal={Acta Biologica Cracoviensia s. Botanica}, howpublished={online}, year={2017}, publisher={Biological Commission of the Polish Academy of Sciences – Cracow Branch}, abstract={Several parasitic plants are known to have acquired mitochondrial genes via a horizontal transfer from their hosts. However, mitochondrial gene transfer in this direction has not yet been found in the parasite-rich family Orobanchaceae. Based on a phylogenetic analysis of the mitochondrial atp6 gene in selected species of Orobanche s.l., we provide evidence of a host-to-parasite transfer of this gene in O. coerulescens, which is a Eurasiatic species that parasitises Artemisia (Asteraceae). We did not find the original Orobanche atp6 gene in this species, which suggests that it has been replaced by a gene that was acquired from Asteraceae. In addition, our data suggest the occurrence of a second HGT event in the atp6 sequence – from Asteraceae to Phelipanche. Our results support the view that the transfer of genetic material from hosts to parasites influences the mitochondrial genome evolution in the latter.}, type={Artykuły / Articles}, title={The first evidence of a host-to-parasite mitochondrial gene transfer in Orobanchaceae}, URL={http://journals.pan.pl/Content/100894/PDF-MASTER/ABC%20Bot.%201-17%202-D.Kwolek%20i%20in.pdf}, doi={10.1515/abcsb-2016-0021}, keywords={Orobanche, HGT, horizontal gene transfer, atp6, mitochondrion}, }