Mitochondrion

From Palaeos

The mitochondrion, plural "mitochondria," (literally "thread granule") is a membrane-bound organelle with DNA independent from the nucleus. The mitochondrion helps with the aerobic metabolism and ATP-production of many, if not most eukaryotes.

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