It’s one of the basic tenets of biology: We get our DNA from our mom and our dad. But one notable exception has perplexed scientists for decades: Most animals, including humans, inherit the DNA inside their mitochondria—the cell’s energy centers—from their mothers alone, with all traces of their father’s mitochondrial genome destroyed the moment sperm joins egg. It’s one of the basic tenets of biology: We get our DNA from our mom and our dad. But one notable exception has perplexed scientists for decades: Most animals, including humans, inherit the DNA inside their mitochondria—the cell’s energy centers—from their mothers alone, with all traces of their father’s mitochondrial genome destroyed the moment sperm joins egg. Cell & Microbiology Molecular & Computational biology Phys.org – latest science and technology news stories
You get your energy from your mom. A new study explains why
