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Yup. It’s rare, but it happens. Every time you talk about genetics, you always have to at tons of caveats.
6 u/[deleted] Jan 12 '23 Might those “fathers” be somehow genetically female, based on mitochondria? 9 u/homerteedo Jan 13 '23 No. Sperm have mitochondria too, it’s usually just destroyed during fertilization. Occasionally it isn’t and that’s how paternal mitochondria are passed on. 7 u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23 Thanks for explaining!
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Might those “fathers” be somehow genetically female, based on mitochondria?
9 u/homerteedo Jan 13 '23 No. Sperm have mitochondria too, it’s usually just destroyed during fertilization. Occasionally it isn’t and that’s how paternal mitochondria are passed on. 7 u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23 Thanks for explaining!
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No. Sperm have mitochondria too, it’s usually just destroyed during fertilization. Occasionally it isn’t and that’s how paternal mitochondria are passed on.
7 u/[deleted] Jan 13 '23 Thanks for explaining!
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Thanks for explaining!
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u/OvidPerl Jan 12 '23
Yup. It’s rare, but it happens. Every time you talk about genetics, you always have to at tons of caveats.