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Heteroplasmy

Heteroplasmy

(Science: biology, embryology) The occurrence of a tissue in the wrong place in an organism, as a result of inappropriate cellular differentiation.


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Mutations in (mt)DNA cause human diseases.

... this is probably the extensive mixing of mutant DNA and normal DNA in the mitochondria as they fuse with one another. A mixture of both is called heteroplasmy. The higher the ratio of mutant to normal, the greater the severity of the disease. In fact by chance alone, cells can on occasion end ...

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by dipjyoti
Tue Sep 26, 2006 8:09 am
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mutations in (mt)DNA cause human diseases.
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