Introduction

This new volume of our successful book series Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology is focused on mitochondrial inheritance in humans and both vertebrate and invertrebate animals including Drosophila, C. elegans, bivalve molusc Mytilus and livestock mammals. Special consideration is given to cellular mechanisms promoting uniparental inheritance of mitochondria and mitochondrial genes, evolutionary perspectives, and biomedical and epidemiological considerations. Contributed by five distinguished mitochondrial research teams from around the world, this volume will target a wide audience of physiologists, anatomists, cell, and developmental and evolutionary biologists, as well as physicians, veterinarians, livestock specialists and biomedical researchers.

Keywords

Mitochondrial inheritance mtDNA inheritance Uniparental inheritance of mitochondria Mitochondrial genes Mitochondrial Dysfunction Post-Fertilization sperm mitophagy

Editors and affiliations

1.Division of Animal Sciences and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women’s HealthUniversity of MissouriColumbiaUSA Bibliographic information Book Title Cellular and Molecular Basis of Mitochondrial Inheritance Book Subtitle Mitochondrial Disease and Fitness Editors Peter Sutovsky
Series Title Advances in Anatomy, Embryology and Cell Biology Series Abbreviated Title Advs Anatomy DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04570-8 Copyright Information Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 Publisher Name Springer, Cham eBook Packages Medicine Medicine (R0) Softcover ISBN 978-3-030-04569-2 eBook ISBN 978-3-030-04570-8 Series ISSN 0301-5556 Series E-ISSN 2192-7065 Edition Number 1 Number of Pages XI, 126 Number of Illustrations 4 b/w illustrations, 24 illustrations in colour Topics Cell Biology
Human Physiology
Anatomy
Molecular Medicine
Evolutionary Biology