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I think you meant the reverse Re: humans. I'm interested in this though: do you know any examples off the top of your head where the male passes on mitochondri
by ergothus 11y ago
I think you meant the reverse Re: humans.
I'm interested in this though: do you know any examples off the top of your head where the male passes on mitochondria? I thought the primary reasoning is that sperm is little more than DNA with a tail and engine attached. (poetically speaking)
- conceit 11y agoWhat reverse? No, I don't know.
- ergothus 11y agoAh...I misunderstood your comment and I misunderstood how it works. I thought human sperm had no mitochondria. Turns out that is dramatically not the case, but the sperm's mitochondria is killed off by the egg, and that's exactly what you said. I had thought you were saying the sperm had mitochondria and the egg killed THE EGGs mitochondria off. My mistake.