Medical Genetics 2.2 The Mitochondrial Chromosome Mitochondrial genes exhibit exclusively maternal inheritance. Human cells can have hundreds to thousands of mitochondria,each containing a number of copies of a small circular molecule,the mitochondrial chromosome. The mitochondrial DNA molecule is only 16kb in length,and encodes only 37 genes. This document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash.Visit www.print2flash.com for more informationThis document is produced by trial version of Print2Flash. Visit www.print2flash.com for more information