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To: Taro who wrote (247226)	8/24/2005 8:22:57 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571978

"You have a link to that?" psu.edu The importance of mitochondrial DNA is that the mitochondria develop separately from the other cell organelles. They are thought to be a type of bacteria that invaded our ancestral cells and set up housekeeping. They produce ATP which is what our cells use for energy. What this means is that they come from the mother, fathers don't contribute DNA to the mitochondria.