Is three-parent IVF the answer to preventing mitochondrial defects?
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), as its name implies, is an embodiment of the mitochondrial genetic information that constitutes about 1% of the mammalian genome. It fills a vital niche in tracing matrilineality; the mtDNA is inherited solely from the mother and plays a crucial role in genealogical resear...
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| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2021-01-01
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| Series: | Biomedical Research Journal |
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| Online Access: | http://www.brjnmims.org/article.asp?issn=2349-3666;year=2021;volume=8;issue=1;spage=9;epage=13;aulast=Shetty |