Mitochondrial DNA
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ナビゲーションに移動検索に移動mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA)
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Definition
Glossary of "Ancestors in Our Genome" by Harris (2015)
- is the DNA contained in organelles called mitochondria inside animal cells. In humans, it is a circular genome of 16,500 nucleotide bases organized into thirty-seven gene. It is inherited through the maternal lineage only.