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MtDNA tests trace all modern horses back to single ancestor 140,000 years ago

January 31, 2012
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years archeologists and other scientists have debated the origins of the domesticated horse. Nailing down a time frame is important because many historians view the relationship between man and horse as one of the most important in the development of our species. Horses allowed early people ...

Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis can avoid mother to child transmission of mtDNA disorders

May 30, 2011
Dutch researchers have developed a test which predicts which mothers at risk of passing on mitochondrial genetic disease to their children are likely to have a healthy baby.

Changes in mtDNA can cause premature ageing

August 7, 2009
The normal ageing process has long been linked to problems with cell respiration, the process through which the cells extract energy from nutrients. Researchers at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet have now shown how certain proteins that are synthesised in the cellular mitochondria - popularly known as the cells' ...