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Dec 28, 2024

Why Evolution Erased Dad’s Mitochondria

Posted by in categories: biotech/medical, evolution

As we countdown the days until the New Year, we are revisiting our top stories of 2024! For today, a study may have uncovered why we get our energy from our mothers.

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But what happens when this process fails?

Delaying PME results in impaired physiological function

Xue and the team studied PME in Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans), a translucent roundworm, to gain insight into this elusive mechanism. C. elegans only have 1,000 cells, yet they still develop a nervous system, gut, muscles and other tissues like humans.

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