Introduction to Genetic Analysis
Introduction to Genetic Analysis
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ISBN: 9781464109485
Author: Anthony J.F. Griffiths, Susan R. Wessler, Sean B. Carroll, John Doebley
Publisher: W. H. Freeman
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To determine: The principle resulting in the inheritance of mitochondrial disease from affected fathers.

Introduction: Some genetic information is perpetually transferred to offspring through mothers and never fathers. Infrequently, a mother provides an unaffected child owing to cytoplasmic division in the gamete forming tissue.

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