A mitochondrial network consists of a complex, branched system of connected mitochondria (Figure 1). Some modern textbooks still depict mitochondria inaccurately as small, static ovoid organelles ...

Most of us remember two things from high school biology: that mitochondria are the powerhouses of cells and that we inherit stable sets of chromosomes from our two parents. Both truisms are only ...

Did you know that you have a second genome? Small cellular organelles called mitochondria contain their own circular DNA. What happens to your cells when this DNA mutates? Similar to the nuclear ...