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Please explain why haven't mitochondrial diseases phased themselves out?
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New mutations: Just because it is labeled mitochondrial does not mean the information in these organelles is not subject to the same chance of new mutations as other dna bearing material. Many of the affected patients do not live long enough to pass the disorder to offspring as some might think.
Answered 2/2/2014
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