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Mitochondrial DNA can be inherited from fathers, not just mothers

Authors :
Anu Suomalainen
Thomas G. McWilliams
Source :
Nature. 565:296-297
Publication Year :
2019
Publisher :
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2019.

Abstract

A tenet of elementary biology is that mitochondria — the cell’s powerhouses — and their DNA are inherited exclusively from mothers. A provocative study suggests that fathers also occasionally contribute. Evidence of paternal transmission of mitochondrial DNA.

Subjects

Subjects :
0301 basic medicine
Genetics
Mitochondrial DNA
Non-Mendelian inheritance
Multidisciplinary
Cell
Inheritance (genetic algorithm)
Mitochondrion
Biology
Paternal transmission
03 medical and health sciences
chemistry.chemical_compound
030104 developmental biology
0302 clinical medicine
medicine.anatomical_structure
chemistry
medicine
030217 neurology & neurosurgery
DNA

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ISSN :
14764687 and 00280836
Volume :
565
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Nature
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........7e0fa021803a1364ed90e9b81518874d
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-00093-1
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