The other approach analyzes mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA. Because mtDNA tends to survive long after nuclear DNA has disintegrated, this approach is useful in identifying the remains of persons who ...

What happens to your cells when this DNA mutates? Similar to the nuclear genome, the mitochondrial genome is built of double-stranded DNA, and it encodes genes (Figure 2). However, the ...

While nuclear DAAO activation kick-started DNA damage repair proteins and caused DNA strand breaks, mitochondrial-bound DAAO did not cause either of these effects. Additionally, DAAO-produced hydrogen ...

Typically, humans inherit mitochondria and mitochondrial DNA from their mothers only. But using sequencing data from the mitochondrial genomes of members from three unrelated families, researchers ...

A new research paper was published in Aging (Aging-US) on February 27, 2025, in Volume 17, Issue 2, titled “Age, sex, and ...