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2003; American Association for the Advancement of Science; Volume: 2003; Issue: 33 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1126/sageke.2003.33.nw117

1539-6150

R. John Davenport,

Colonialism, slavery, and trade

It sounds like the rodent version of the movie Freaky Friday, in which a mother and daughter swap bodies. Switching mitochondria--the cell's powerhouses--between two lines of mice flip-flops their ability to learn, according to new work. The study is the first to show that genetic characteristics of mitochondria influence brain function, but the mechanism remains unknown.