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RT @dakami: So the assumption was that Mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) is only passed from the mother, not the father. Like most things in bio,…
RT @dakami: So the assumption was that Mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) is only passed from the mother, not the father. Like most things in bio,…
RT @dakami: So the assumption was that Mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) is only passed from the mother, not the father. Like most things in bio,…
So the assumption was that Mitochondrial DNA (MTDNA) is only passed from the mother, not the father. Like most things in bio, that's only usually true. Paternal transfer was found, despite sperm losing its copy. Losing...one of its copies. Just 16k! h