idiotmike
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Dear teachers,
I came across this article "How a baby can have three parents" on the Economist website.
In the sentence below, I find it quite curious that shouldn't "he tiny power plants found in virtually every cell that release energy from food and oxygen" describes misfiring mitochondria? But I think in this instance, it is describing just mitochondria.
"ROUGHLY one baby in 6,500 is born with misfiring mitochondria, the tiny power plants found in virtually every cell that release energy from food and oxygen."
My question is how can one tell if this to describe mitochondria or misfiring mitochondria? Thank you for helping me understand.
I came across this article "How a baby can have three parents" on the Economist website.
In the sentence below, I find it quite curious that shouldn't "he tiny power plants found in virtually every cell that release energy from food and oxygen" describes misfiring mitochondria? But I think in this instance, it is describing just mitochondria.
"ROUGHLY one baby in 6,500 is born with misfiring mitochondria, the tiny power plants found in virtually every cell that release energy from food and oxygen."
My question is how can one tell if this to describe mitochondria or misfiring mitochondria? Thank you for helping me understand.