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joesmith1212

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The human egg has about 2000 mitochondrial genomes, but somatic cells have a range of hundreds to thousands. Which of the following is most likely to account for the difference?
◦ Heteroplastic cells can give rise to homoplastic cells.
◦ Large mitochondria in oocytes can divide into many smaller mitochondria, and smaller mitochondria can replicate their DNA.
◦ Somatic cells replicate their nuclear DNA at a faster rate than the oocyte.
◦ Mutant mitochondria replicate at different frequencies than do wild type.
◦ Haploid organelle genomes can replicate to form diploid or polyploidy genomes.


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Reply 2 on: Jan 12, 2022
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