Jonathan Weitzman(jonathanweitzman@hotmail.com) | Jan 28, 2002 | 1 min read
Mutations in the mitochondrial genome have been associated with several genetic diseases. In an Advanced Online Publication of Nature Genetics, Robert McFarland and colleagues from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne describe an unusual family with a homoplasmic mitochondrial mutation (involving all copies of the mitochondrial genome) (Nat Genet 2002, DOI:10.1038/ng819).McFarland et al. examined a woman who had had ten pregnancies with four different partners, all of which resulted in offsprin