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There's an article in the NEJM from 2002 reporting something similar [1] - at least to me as a layman. Since the linked PNAS paper is paywalled, can anyone comm

There's an article in the NEJM from 2002 reporting something similar [1] - at least to me as a layman. Since the linked PNAS paper is paywalled, can anyone comment on what's actually new with this announcement? [1] Paternal Inheritance of Mitochondrial DNA https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa020350 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa020350

eridan2 8y ago
In 2002 one person was found. Now they have 17 different people from three families and they were able to analyze the pattern of transmission across generations. This article explains better: https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/plot-twist-mitochondrial-dna-can-come-from-both-parents/ https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/11/plot-twist-mitochond...