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Mitochondrial DNA

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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA, mDNA) is DNA within mitochondria, cellular organelles. From the position that mitochondria originated in endosymbiosis, it is sometimes called the mitochondrial genome. Overview Mitochondrial DNA mainly contains information on mitochondrial proteins and so on, and is replicated when mitochondria divide. Some information required by mitochondria is contained in nuclear DNA, and mitochondria cannot exist independently outside cells. Conversely, cells can extract the energy they need using oxygen through the action of mitochondria, and cells themselves cannot survive without mitochondria. These facts provide circumstantial evidence for the hypothesis that mitochondria originated in endosymbiosis. Diseases caused by mitochondrial abnormalities, generally called mitochondrial diseases, include those originating in abnormalities of mitochondrial DNA and those originating in abnormalities of nuclear DNA. Mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms are thought to relate to individual differences in susceptibility to obesity. Furthermore, recent reports suggest that mutations in mitochondrial DNA affect cancer's metastatic potential. (Hayashi et al, 2008)

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