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Oxygen tension modulates the mitochondrial genetic bottleneck and influences the segregation of a heteroplasmic mtDNA variant in vitro.
Communications biology - 14 May 2021
Pezet Mikael G, Gomez-Duran Aurora, Klimm Florian, Aryaman Juvid, Burr Stephen, Wei Wei, Saitou Mitinori, Prudent Julien, Chinnery Patrick F
Abstract excerpt
Most humans carry a mixed population of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA heteroplasmy) affecting ~1-2% of molecules, but rapid percentage shifts occur over one generation leading to severe mitochondrial diseases. A decrease in the amount of mtDNA within the developing female germ line appears to play a role, but other sub-cellular mechanisms have been implicated. Establishing an in vitro model of early mammalian germ...
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