Article Commentary: Mitochondrial Replacement Techniques: Genetic Relatedness, Gender Implications, and Justice
In 2015 the United Kingdom (UK) became the first nation to legalize egg and zygotic nuclear transfer procedures using mitochondrial replacement techniques (MRTs) to prevent the maternal transmission of serious mitochondrial DNA diseases to offspring. These techniques are a form of human germline gen...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2017-12-01
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Series: | Gender and the Genome |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1089/gg.2017.0016 |