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Mitochondrial Genome Inheritance

In one family, a woman with a mitochondrial disorder and her unaffected husband have only affected children. In another family, a man with a mitochondrial condition and his unaffected wife have no affected children.

Inheritance Pattern images: Genetic Abnormalities | autosomal dominant | autosomal recessive | X-linked dominant (affected father) | X-Linked dominant (affected mother) | X-Linked recessive (affected father) | X-Linked recessive (carrier mother) | mitochondrial inheritance | Codominant inheritance | Genogram symbols | Genetics

Links: Spermatozoa | Oocyte

Source: Genetics Home Reference. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/handbook/illustrations/mitochondrial

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