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How is mitochondrial DNA inherited?

April 26, 2017dna inherited mitochondrial

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How is mitochondrial DNA inherited?

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Mitochondrial DNA is inherited only from the mother: the fertilized egg destroys the mitochondria of the sperm. Because of this selective matrilineal transmission, mitochondrial DNA sequences can be used to by population geneticists and evolutionary biologists to shed light on the unbroken genetic line connecting us to our maternal ancestors. More information/inheritance chart.