Oxygen tension modulates the mitochondrial genetic bottleneck and influences the segregation of a heteroplasmic mtDNA variant in vitro
Using an in vitro culture system, Pezet et al. studied the influence of oxygen on the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in primordial germ cell-like cells (PGCLCs) in vitro. Low oxygen levels resembling in vivo reduced the cell mtDNA content causing a genetic bottleneck and the segregation of different mtDN...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group
2021-05-01
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| Series: | Communications Biology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02069-2 |