mitochondrial
Relating to powerhouses
Mitochondrial describes something relating to mitochondria—the structures within cells that generate energy.
The adjective appears most often in scientific and medical contexts: mitochondrial DNA, mitochondrial disease.
Mitochondrial DNA passes only through the mother, making it useful for tracing maternal lineage.
Subcellular functional unit
- cristaeMitochondrial membrane infoldings
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- membraneThin tissue sheet
- cytoplasmGel surrounding the nucleus
ribosomes · proteins · enzymes · fission · fusion · biogenesis · dynamics · network
Cell's energy molecule
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- bioenergeticsStudy of biological energy
- NADHElectron-carrying coenzyme
- metabolismCellular nutrient conversion
Organism's total hereditary material
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
- sequencingDetermining element order
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
ancestry · phylogenetics · cytochrome · polymorphism · nucleotide · replication · molecular · bioinformatics
Of or like mothers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- uniparentalFrom one parent only
- cytoplasmicWithin cell's gel-like matrix
- heredityGenetic trait transmission
lineage · pedigree · genealogy · descendants · oocyte
organelle
Subcellular functional unit
- cristaeMitochondrial membrane infoldings
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- membraneThin tissue sheet
cytoplasm · ribosomes · proteins · enzymes · fission · fusion · biogenesis · dynamics · network · morphology
ATP
Cell's energy molecule
- respirationGas exchange in organisms
- bioenergeticsStudy of biological energy
- NADHElectron-carrying coenzyme
genome
Organism's total hereditary material
- haplogroupGenetic ancestry classification
- mutationsAlterations in genetic sequence
- sequencingDetermining element order
matrilineal · ancestry · phylogenetics · cytochrome · polymorphism · nucleotide · replication · molecular · bioinformatics · evolution
maternal
Of or like mothers
- matrilinealDescended through maternal line
- uniparentalFrom one parent only
- cytoplasmicWithin cell's gel-like matrix
heredity · lineage · pedigree · genealogy · descendants · oocyte
- cell termscellular, cytoplasmic, nuclear, mitotic, eukaryotic
- geneticsDNA, allele, genotype, genes, gene
mitochondrialnuclear
Of atomic energy
cytoplasmic · chloroplast · plastid · endoplasmic · ribosomal
mitochondrialnuclear
Of atomic energy
chromosomal · genomic · Mendelian · biparental · paternal
- mitochondrial DNAMaternally inherited organelle genome
- mitochondrial matrixInner compartment of cellular powerhouses
mitochondrial matrix, mitochondria, mitochondrion, mitochondrial DNA