Mitochondrial genomes are widely used in phylogenetic studies. How conerned are you about selection in shaping mtDNA diversity in animals?

There is no a priori reason why a mitochondrial genome should be a good proxy for the evolutionary history of the autosomes. As Balloux pointed out in 2010 (doi:10.1038/hdy.2009.122),...

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