Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA
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- 22 August 2002
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 347 (8) , 576-580
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa020350
Abstract
Mammalian mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is thought to be strictly maternally inherited.1,2 Sperm mitochondria disappear in early embryogenesis by selective destruction, inactivation, or simple dilution by the vast surplus of oocyte mitochondria.3Keywords
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