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What is mtDNA?

What is mtDNA? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (genetics) Abbreviation of mitochondrial DNA.
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We depleted NT2 cells of their endogenous mtDNA by prolonged treatment with dideoxycytidine, thus creating the desired line.
One example of the biological importance of intergenomic coadaptation is the evidence that mtDNA interaction with the nuclear genome modifies cognition in mice.
To generate a partial mtDNA genomic library, mtDNA was isolated according to Barriga Sosa et al., followed by CsCl isopycnic centrifugation.
However, these cellular mechanisms cannot explain uniparental mtDNA inheritance in isogamous species with equal-sized and undifferentiated gametes.
However, the clonality of human mtDNA has recently been questioned and keenly debated.
We assume that every mtDNA molecule has an equal chance of being partitioned to either daughter cell, regardless of where in the cell it is physically located.

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