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Title: How are human mitochondria inherited? Post by: JasonMcCann on Feb 19, 2014 How are human mitochondria inherited?
as linear DNA from the mother only as an X-linked trait without DNA from the father only I know the answer is "from the mother only" but why? Can someone explain why and how this happens? I'm interested in details. :) Title: Re: How are human mitochondria inherited? Post by: JoeBargo on Feb 19, 2014 It's really simple. It occurs when the sperm fertilizes the egg.
Where is the mitochondria of the sperm? It's in the tail, and the tail is rarely ever inserted into the egg. With this being said, male mitochondrial DNA can get in, but it is fairly rare. |