In most eukaryotes, the inheritance of mitochondrion and its DNA (mtDNA) is strictly maternal, despite the fact that a spermatozoon can inject up to 100 functional mitochondria into the oocyte during ...
Eukaryotic cells have many specialized complexes and organelles that perform crucial functions. Mitochondria are well known organelles that are critical energy generators, often called the powerhouses ...
Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) represents a rare and intriguing deviation from the standard model of strictly maternal inheritance. In bivalves, DUI manifests as the ...
Mitochondria are incredible organelles. They not only provide crucial power to our cells, these little machines also have ...
A study published in Science reveals a cellular mechanism involved in the inheritance of genetic mutations. The study also ...
Fabrizio Ghiselli, Maria Gabriella Maurizii, Arkadiy Reunov, Helena Ariño-Bassols, Carmine Cifaldi, Andrea Pecci, Yana Alexandrova, Simone Bettini, Marco Passamonti, Valeria Franceschini and Liliana ...
Using sequencing techniques, researchers associated 51 mutations in mitochondrial DNA with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), an incurable degenerative neurological disorder that leads to muscle ...
Kidney damage that seemingly heals appears to mutate the DNA in the mitochondria of kidney cells, making the organ less ...
The discovery centers on the unique strands of DNA contained within our mitochondria, the power stations of our cells. By ...
In September 6 Nature, Sofia Berlin and Hans Ellegren from Uppsala University, Sweden, examine the controversial clonal inheritance theory for vertebrate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by following ...