33 - HIPFNER 4 Flashcards
what are the things that are inherited from mothers in the cytoplasm of the oocyte
proteins
mRNA (and other RNAs)
organelles
this is non-mendelian inheritance/cytoplasmic inheritance/maternal inheritance/extranuclear inheritance
characteristics of mitochondrial genome
where do most of mitochondrial proteins come from
what are the factors that influence the replication of the mitochondrial genome
from which parent are mitochondria inherited
what can mtDNA mutations lead to and what does that explain in diseases
characteristics of mitochondrial diseases
what do pedigrees of mitochondrial diseases caused by mitochondrial genes look like?
what is an example of a way in which mitochondrial diseases can be fought during fertilization?