Your Patient's Parents Ask You Why Their Child's Mitochondria Do

question 35

Multiple Choice

Your patient's parents ask you why their child's mitochondria do not function properly. You explain that one explanation is that mitochondria contain their own ________, which may contain mistakes called ________, resulting in insufficient mitochondrial activity.

• A) DNA; missense
• B) plasmids; mutations
• C) normal microbiota; mutations
• D) DNA; mutations
• E) proteins; mismatches

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