{"id":38,"date":"2023-01-08T11:11:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-08T11:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/mitochondrial-inheritance\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=38"},"modified":"2023-03-02T01:49:21","modified_gmt":"2023-03-02T01:49:21","slug":"mitochondrial-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.justwrite.in\/mitochondrial-inheritance\/chapter\/mitochondrial-inheritance\/","title":{"raw":"Mitochondrial Inheritance","rendered":"Mitochondrial Inheritance"},"content":{"raw":"<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Unlike nuclear genes, which are inherited from both parents, mitochondrial genes are inherited only from the mother. In the case of humans,\u00a0 the <strong>mother contributes mitochondria to the zygote, by way of the egg's cytoplasm<\/strong>. Sperm do contain mitochondria, but they are not usually inherited by the zygote. 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