| mitochondrial inheritance |
in humans, mitochondria are only inherited from the mother (maternal inheritance), not from the father, because they are absent from sperm cells. Therefore, diseases arising from mutations in mitochondrial DNA are inherited differently to diseases resulting from mutations in nuclear DNA.
Ãâó: www.qimr.edu.au/qimr_glossary.html
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| mitochondria |
Small, energy-producing organelles inside cells.
Ãâó: www.bioethics.gov/reports/stemcell/glossary.html
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| mitosis |
Cell division, resulting in two cells that each have the diploid number of chromosomes and are just like the original cell.
Ãâó: www.bioethics.gov/reports/stemcell/glossary.html
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| mitochondria |
structures in cells that act as power plants.
Ãâó: www.medaus.com/p/147.html
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| mitochondrion |
organelle where final cellular respiration steps takes place (initial steps occur in the cytoplasm) and ATP is generated for use throughout the cell
Ãâó: www.biologylessons.sdsu.edu/classes/lab7/glossary....
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