Unexpected genetic heritage of the father
Text created by automatic translator Elia and has not been subsequently revised by translators. Elia Elhuyar
Genes are not only in the nucleus of the cell, but also in structures called mitochondria. Somehow, it’s a ‘fossilized’ genetic material and so far it was thought that we all received only that of the mother. In fact, the studies of mitochondrial DNA are very used in paleoanthropology to follow in time the origin of the human being. But it is that a Danish woman has a mutation of her father in the DNA of her mitochondria. In mammals it is very rare to receive DNA from the father's mitochondria, and in humans this is the first known case.
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