mitochondrial DNA
mitochondrial DNA
nounDefinition of MITOCHONDRIAL DNA
: an extranuclear double-stranded DNA found exclusively in mitochondria that in most eukaryotes is a circular molecule and is maternally inherited —abbreviation mtDNA
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1964
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