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Unit 3 Part 1 - Chapter 15 (Chromosomal Inheritance)
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Possibilities in avoiding passing along mitochondrial disorders
Author: AMRIT KAURAnswer:
- It may be possible to avoid passing along mitochondrial disorders - The chromosomes from the egg of an affected mother could be transferred to an egg of a healthy donor, generating a “two-mother” egg - This egg could then be fertilized by sperm from the prospective father and transplanted to the womb of the prospective mother
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