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[Molecular tests of mitochondrial genome].
Rinsho byori. The Japanese journal of clinical pathology - 1 Nov 2013
Kang Dongchon
Abstract excerpt
Mitochondria are considered to have originated from the symbiotic invasion of bacteria with aerobic ATP production into pro-eukaryotic cells about two billion years ago. For this evolutionary reason, mitochondria have maintained their own genome. Mitochondrial DNA is circular and is inherited maternally. Thus, mitochondrial DNA has characteristics different from nuclear DNA. Human mitochondrial DNA is small,...
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