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Mitochondrial disease

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noun

A disease resulting from dysfunctional mitochondria that may arise due to mutations in the mitochondrial or nuclear DNA.


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Mitochondrial diseases may be acquired or inherited. Some of the diseases being linked to dysfunctional mitochondria include DAD (diabetes mellitus and deafness), myoneurogenic gastrointestinal encephalopathy, and subacute necrotizing encephalomyelopathy.


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Mitochondrial disease

... from school, then you should point out that Cat has a very good point, mitochondrial diseases are caused not only by mtDNA errors so your question is misleading. However, as the ...

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by merv
Sun Oct 02, 2011 10:33 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mitochondrial disease
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strand biases in mitochondrial genomes

... of organelles), have been transferred to the host genome. Several diseases of metabolism are related to disabled genes in the mitochondrial genome. These are mainly of maternal origin, as sperm mitochondria are in the ...

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by merv
Sun Oct 02, 2011 6:06 pm
 
Forum: Bioinformatics
Topic: strand biases in mitochondrial genomes
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Re: Mitochondrial disease

“The father may possess a recessive gene and show no symptoms of the disease.” No. You said “A father has mitochondrial disease”, so he is double recessive. “He may be able to pass on the mitochondrial ...

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by Cat
Wed Sep 28, 2011 9:18 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mitochondrial disease
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Mitochondrial disease

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by Anna55
Wed Sep 28, 2011 4:06 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Mitochondrial disease
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