New clues about mitochondrial 'growth spurts'
Monday, March 2, 2009 - 10:07
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Mitochondria are restless, continually merging and splitting. But contrary to conventional wisdom, the size of these organelles depends on more than fusion and fission, as Berman et al. show. Mitochondrial growth and degradation are also part of the equation.