A 3-D animation of the way that a zygote receives nuclear, or genomic, DNA from both parents (sperm and egg cells) but inherits mitochondrial DNA only from the mother. It is so, because female's ovum has mitochondria, but spermatozoon do not.
Channels: Scientific Animations Genetics Molecular Biology
Tags: Mitochondria fertilization mitochondrial DNA
Uploaded by: sana ( Send Message ) on 06-04-2007.
Duration: 0m 43s