Heteroplasmy
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heteroplasmy-321-13029575
title:
Heteroplasmy
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Heteroplasmy is the presence of more than one type of organellar genome within a cell or individual. It is an important factor in considering the severity of mitochondrial diseases. Because most eukaryotic cells contain many hundreds of mitochondria with hundreds of copies of mitochondrial DNA, it is common for mutations to affect only some mitochondria, leaving most unaffected. Although detrimental scenarios are well-studied, heteroplasmy can also be beneficial. For example, centenarians show a
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Polymorphism of organellar DNA sequences in a cell
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heteroplasmy
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2023-12-03T12:58:26Z
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