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mitochondria

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mitochondria

plural of mitochondrion
Muscles contain many mitochondria so that they can have large energy supplies.


mitochondria (plural mitochondria or mitochondrias)

(sometimes proscribed) mitochondrion.
The mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell.

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No prisoner's dilemma here. Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria. Larry Wall

A human cell has genetic material contained in the cell nucleus (the nuclear genome ) and in the mitochondria (the mitochondrial genome ). Source: Internet

A single diatom at first look may not seem to be a cell, but diatoms are eukaryotic organisms with common organelles such as a nucleus, mitochondria, and golgi complex. Source: Internet

Because only egg cells contribute mitochondria to the developing embryo, only mothers can pass on mitochondrial conditions to their children. Source: Internet

BBC. 2 August 2012 Uniparental inheritance leads to little opportunity for genetic recombination between different lineages of mitochondria, although a single mitochondrion can contain 2–10 copies of its DNA. Source: Internet

Apoptotic proteins that target mitochondria affect them in different ways. Source: Internet

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