mitochondrial DNA
noun
DNA found in mitochondria, which contains some structural genes and is generally inherited only through the female line: Abbreviation: mtDNA
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How to use mitochondrial DNA in a sentence
Carried distinctly through men, the Y chromosome only gives a portion of the entire mitochondrial DNA.
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