Transfer of paternal mitochondrial DNA d
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Michael S. Meusel; Robin F. A. Moritz
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Article
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1993
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Strict maternal inheritance of mitochondrial (mt) DNA is believed to be the rule in most eukaryotic organisms because of exclusion of paternal mitochondria from the egg cytoplasm during fertilization. In honeybees, polyspermic fertilization occurs, and many spermatozoa, including their mitochondria-