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> Can you elaborate on the part that seems unintuitive? For me, the intuitive part is how mitochondria can be created by the body if it's an external structure
by Karawebnetwork 3y ago
> Can you elaborate on the part that seems unintuitive?
For me, the intuitive part is how mitochondria can be created by the body if it's an external structure that's been found. If I take a coin and put it in my pocket, my children don't have any coins at birth. They have to find one themselves. Why is it different for mitochondria?
- myfavoritetings 3y agoMitochondria are self replicating. When the cell splits some of the mitochondria are present in each new cell.
- gadders 3y agoYeah, this was how I was thinking as well. But to continue the analogy, it's more like you split yourself into two smaller "you"s, and in the process each new "you" gets half a coin in the pocket of each new "you".
- randomname93857 3y agoFrom what I've read, Each cell contains from dozens to a hundred+ mitochondrias. When cell splits then some mitos go to one child and some to another.
- LordKeren 3y agoThat’s because creation of new coins is external to your reproduction. Eukaryotic cells are not scavenging in the wild for new mitochondria; they control the replication of mitochondria within them, including how they are passed to offspring through reproduction An interesting thing about mitochondria too— we receive all of our mitochondria from our mother. So for every human, there is an unbroken line of direct mitochondrial ancestors leading all the way back to the first biologically unique Homo Sapian women