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Microinjection of mitochondria into zygotes creates a model for studying the inheritance of mitochondrial DNA during preimplantation development.
Fertility and sterility - 1 May 1999
Rinaudo P, Niven-Fairchild T, Buradagunta S, Massobrio M, Revelli A, Keefe D L
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OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of mutant mitochondria on preimplantation embryo development and of preimplantation embryo development on the survival of mutant mitochondrial DNA. DESIGN: Laboratory research. SETTING: Academic research laboratory. PATIENT(S): None. INTERVENTION(S): Mutant and wild-type mitochondria, fractionated from tissue obtained from a patient with MELAS syndrome, a mitochondrial disease,...
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