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[–] theneverfox@pawb.social 5 points 18 hours ago

Mitochondria are specialized mini-cells

They have their own DNA like bacteria, just floating around inside their membranes. They undergo their own mitosis inside the cell, some cells can have hundreds of them

And they always come from the egg. They're purely maternal