Researchers report evidence of biparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA. Mitochondria, the energy-producing organelles of cells, contain their own compact genomes that are separate from the nuclear ...

Doubly uniparental inheritance (DUI) represents a fascinating deviation from the standard maternal transmission of mitochondrial DNA observed in most animals. In bivalves, two distinct mitochondrial ...

Scientists have argued whether or not the often-studied mitochondrial DNA molecule is clonally inherited. It is with assuming clonal inheritance this type of DNA has been used to track the origin of ...

Transferring the nuclear genome from one egg into the cytoplasm of a donor egg is a strategy to enable women carrying mutations in their mitochondrial DNA to have healthy babies. A new study uses ...

In September 6 Nature, Sofia Berlin and Hans Ellegren from Uppsala University, Sweden, examine the controversial clonal inheritance theory for vertebrate mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) by following ...

Mitochondria are often called the powerhouse of the cell, and these organelles are well-known for their energy-generating abilities. They are also special among organelles because they carry a tiny ...

Genetic inheritance is a bit like a giant cocktail where nature has fun mixing the ingredients to create a unique result: you. But did you know that some traits are exclusively transmitted by your ...

Notably, the pronuclear transfer procedure doesn't guarantee that every last scrap of mitochondrial DNA in the baby will be from the donor egg. That's because, in the process of moving the nucleus ...

Mitochondria act as energy factories in cells and have their own, separate DNA. Mutations to mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) have ...