Biparental inheritance of mitochondrial DNA in humans is not a common phenomenon.

Rocio Rius Mark J CowleyLisa RileyClare PuttickDavid R Thorburn John Chrisodoulou

Published in: Genetics in medicine : official journal of the American College of Medical Genetics (2019)

Paternal mitochondrial transmission is unlikely to be a common occurrence and therefore at this point we would not recommend changes in clinical practice.

Keyphrases

mitochondrial dna
clinical practice
copy number
risk assessment
oxidative stress
genome wide
dna methylation