Comments by "Ponto" (@Ponto-zv9vf) on "The genes you don't get from your parents (but can't live without) - Devin Shuman" video.

  1. That is simple. Mitochondria are inherited from our mother, so all our full siblings have the same mitochondria as our mother, and she got it from hers. I wouldn't say the cell engulfed the bacteria that became mitochondria all those years ago, but the bacteria infected the cell. It just happened by chance that this infection became mutually beneficial. Otherwise that cell would stay stuck to a rock creating energy by the Krebs cycle forever, no complex organisms just bacteria, and other microorganisms. Human mitochondria cannot live without the nuclear dna, and nuclear dna makes part of the mitochondria structure, the two are tied together.
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  2. Yes that's life. How many people are interested in you? Say hello to Genghis.
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