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In my high school biology class, which I would assume is still the highest level of biology most people complete, mitochondrial DNA wasn't even mentioned. Many
by debacle 11y ago
In my high school biology class, which I would assume is still the highest level of biology most people complete, mitochondrial DNA wasn't even mentioned. Many high school level science courses are rife with disinformation.
- cmrdporcupine 11y agoI definitely was taught quite a bit about mitochondria in grade 10 (Canadian) high school biology, in the early 90s. We were even told about at-the-time-speculative-now-accepted theories that mitochondria were the result of a primitive "capture" of a prokaryotic cell by the first early proto-eukaryotes.