mtDNA

Somatic mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) were proposed to cause aging.

However there is no selective constraints on the occurence and expansion of mtDNA mutations in somatic cells of the human colon during aging [http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.1003082].


Tags: aging mutations organelle

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