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mitochondrial DNA inheritance

The process in which copies of the mitochondrial genome are distributed into daughter mitochondria upon mitochondrial fission. [GOC:mah]
National Institutes of Health

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Review
2018
Review
2018
The nematode C. elegans represents a powerful experimental system with key properties and advantages to study the mechanisms… 
2014
2014
Mitochondria cannot form de novo but require mechanisms allowing their inheritance to daughter cells. In contrast to most other… 
2012
2012
Background The a2 mating type locus gene lga2 is critical for uniparental mitochondrial DNA inheritance during sexual development… 
Review
2011
Review
2011
Abstract In contrast to the nuclear genome, the mitochondrial genome does not follow Mendelian laws of inheritance. The nuclear… 
2008
2008
The laws for the inheritance of animal mitochondrial DNA differ from those revealed for nuclear DNA. In contrast to nuclear genes…