Inheriting Maternal mtDNA
- 25 November 2011
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 334 (6059), 1069-1070
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1215480
Abstract
Sperm mitochondria are destroyed by autophagy at fertilization in C. elegans , explaining the maternal origin of mitochondria in this and perhaps other animals.Keywords
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