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Mitochondria

In Our Time: Science

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The Mother's Curse Hypothesis

We only get mitochondria from our mum's. What consequences does that have? I study a lot this hypothesis called the mother's curse hypothesis. It predicts that male mitochondrial DNA males has a lot of mutations that are harmful for them just because of a byproduct. And so if there is a mutation that is bad for females, selection will get rid of it.

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