A fertilized egg

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The fertilized egg and its war in patriarchy

If you asked yourself why we only inherit the mitochondria from the mother, the answer is - the egg is the one that destroys the father's mitochondria very shortly after fertilization
A centriole as photographed with an electron microscope. Photo: © Pierre Gönczy/EPF

Beyond genes: do centrioles carry biological information?