“Cooks were the mitochondria of humanity; they had their own separate DNA, they floated in a cell and powered it but were… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Over the long term, symbiosis is more useful than parasitism. More fun, too. Ask any mitochondria. — Larry Wall Copy Share Image
“Mitochondria are strange organelles in the sense that they have their own DNA and ribosomes.Therefore, mitochondria are able to make some of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the normal process of producing energy, each mitochondrion produces hundreds if not thousands of free radical molecules each day. Multiply that… — David Perlmutter Copy Share Image
“Were it not for the melanin in our skin, myoglobin in our muscles and haemoglobin in our blood, we would be the… — Guy Brown Copy Share Image
“I try to think up material that might apply to the subjects they are studying. How many mitochondria does it take to… — Mike Birbiglia Copy Share Image
We are not made up, as we had always supposed, of successively enriched packets of our own parts. We are shared, rented,… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“Mitochondria, as we have seen, are only passed on in the egg, so all 13 mitochondrial genes come from our mothers. If… — Nick Lane Copy Share Image
My mitochondria comprise a very large proportion of me. I cannot do the calculation, but I suppose there is almost as much… — Lewis Thomas Copy Share Image
“Metabolically active cells, such as those of the liver, kidneys, muscles, and brain, have hundreds or thousands of mitochondria, making up some… — Nick Lane Copy Share Image
“Rather surprisingly, to anyone who is most familiar with textbook mitochondria, many simple single-celled eukaryotes have mitochondria that operate in the absence… — Nick Lane Copy Share Image
“One mitochondrion contains tens of thousands of copies of each respiratory complex. A single cell contains hundreds or thousands of mitochondria. Your… — Nick Lane Copy Share Image
