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Mitochondria mutation mystery solved: Random sorting helps get rid of duds

  • Written by Arunas L. Radzvilavicius, Postdoctoral Researcher of Evolutionary Biology, University of Pennsylvania
When a cell divides, mitochondria are randomly allotted to the resulting new cells.Odra Noel. Wellcome Images, CC BY-NC

You probably know about the 23 pairs of chromosomes safely stowed in your cells’ nuclei. That’s where the vast majority of your genes can be found. But there are 37 special genes — a very tiny fraction of the...

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