(January 30, 2015 at 7:10 pm)vorlon13 Wrote: Mitochondria are believed to have been free living life forms eons ago, and then were symbiotically assimilated by other life forms.
Human fathers don't contribute mitochondria to offspring, only mothers. Also, mitochondrial DNA can be separately sequenced to learn about our ancestors.
Mitochondria are our cells energy producers.
Now see that's cool to know. I only knew they're the squiggly beans. They are the squiggly ones right?