[ale] [OT] Omniscient, Omnipotent, Omnipresent or Not.

[tfreeman at intel.digichem.net]

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Jason Etheridge wrote:

> On Tuesday, August 26, 2003, at 05:10  PM, tfreeman at intel.digichem.net 
> wrote:
> > Not quite. The genetic material of the sperm's mitochondria is lost, and
> > the egg's material is retained. So you are to some degree more related
> > genetically to your mother than to your father. Within the nucleous 
> > (sp?)
> > of your cells, yes, equal amounts of genetic material from each parent.
> 
> This is good, because my mother is strong in the Force.  :-)
> 
> Don't those little buggers have their own DNA?  Does it have any impact 
> outside the mitochondria?

If memory serves, mitochondria have thier own DNA, which controls in some 
fashion the energy metabolism of the cell. As such, I would expect _some_ 
effect on the rest of the cell, but _what_ observable effect would be seen 
I haven't a clue.

> 
> -- Jason
> 
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