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A controversial dam in the Amazon unites Indigenous people and scientists, and transplanting mitochondria to treat rare diseases

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How Did You Get the Mitochondrial DNA Out of People?

The mitochondria are always inherited from the mother. So there is an event that happens somewhere in the development of the fertilized egg or before that that causes this deletion in the mitochondrial DNA. The trick was just to have it be utilized in a decent amount so you can find physiologic changes in the cell.

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