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GENETICAL experiments by Ephrussi and co-workers1 have adequately demonstrated the existence of extra-chromosomal factors determining the cytochrome oxidase and succino-dehydrogenase activities of yeast clones analysed by them. A particulate nature was ascribed to these factors, and their identity with the mitochondria was suggested in view of the well-known association of the enzymes concerned with these bodies; however, no direct observations on the behaviour of the mitochondria during cell divisions were reported.
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MUNDKUR, B. Mitochondrial Distribution in Saccharomyces. Nature 171, 793–794 (1953). https://doi.org/10.1038/171793b0
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