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Shoubridge, E.A. (2002). Transmission and Segregation of Mammalian Mitochondrial DNA. In: Lemasters, J.J., Nieminen, AL. (eds) Mitochondria in Pathogenesis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/0-306-46835-2_4

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