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Parazeit t1_ir9s7nu wrote
Reply to comment by peolorat in Mitochondrial DNA Is Working Its Way Into the Human Genome by molrose96
Mitochondria divide and multiply independently within a cell. When the cell undergoes mitosis, some mitochondria stay in the mother cell and some go with the daughter cell.
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Reply to comment by JohnFByers in Mitochondrial DNA Is Working Its Way Into the Human Genome by molrose96
In some organisms the mitochondria has shifted the entirety of its genome into "host" DNA. Mitosomes and hydrogensomes are the result.