Why the Batteries in Your Body’s Cells Only Come From Mom and Why It Matters
Some people get a lot of things from their parents. (Even with the heartache, Go, Habs, Go!) We also inherit some far less obvious attributes, including genetic coding that makes everything else we do possible. Mitochondria are the batteries of the cells, and have their own form of DNA.© NICHD/U. Manor via Flickr In nearly all animals, including humans, that mtDNA is inherited only from mothers. Whilethere are cases of humans having mtDNAfrom both parents, its extremely rare....