If the Mother and Grandmother of a Given Family Both

question 17

Essay

If the mother and grandmother of a given family both exhibit a half dozen phenotypic effects of a mitochondrial disorder, how is it possible that the mother's three children each have different phenotypes from one another and different degrees of severity?

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