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State whether the following is true or false.
A father passes his mitochondrial DNA to his children.
Answer: B
The sperm contributes almost no mitochondria, and the few that enter are destroyed, so inheritance is effectively maternal. This is why mitochondrial disease can pass from a mother to all her children but never from a father.
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