A recent study reveals why most animals, including humans, inherit mitochondrial dna solely from their mothers, showing that retaining paternal mitochondria can harm development and health. Scientists have long wondered why animals get the dna inside their mitochondria, the cell’s energy center, only from their mothers New research explains why and offers hope for treating mitochondrial disorders. Mitochondrial dna (mtdna) is inherited maternally across animals, yet the evolutionary rationale behind this unusual mode of inheritance remains a longstanding mystery Unlike nuclear dna, which is inherited from both parents, mtdna is inherited exclusively from the mother This unique inheritance pattern is crucial for understanding various aspects of human biology, including energy production, maternal.
Mitochondrial dna, or mtdna, is fascinating because it is only inherited from the mother Unlike nuclear dna, which is a combination of genetic material from both parents, mtdna is exclusively passed down through the mother’s egg cells.
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