{"id":24037,"date":"2013-04-23T09:00:08","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T13:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.uncommongoods.pro\/?p=24037"},"modified":"2013-05-01T10:38:10","modified_gmt":"2013-05-01T14:38:10","slug":"uncommon-knowledge-inherit-dna-parents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/2013\/uncommon-knowledge-inherit-dna-parents\/","title":{"rendered":"Uncommon Knowledge: Did you inherit DNA from both parents?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/genetic-code-glasses-set-of-2?source=blog\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23251_zoom1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Genetic Code Glasses | UncommonGoods\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-24042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23251_zoom1.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23251_zoom1-125x125.jpg 125w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23251_zoom1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/23251_zoom1-45x45.jpg 45w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a>Yes and no. The kind of DNA that we typically think of in our cells, which is responsible for giving you your father\u2019s nose or your mother\u2019s dimples, definitely comes from both parents. However, that\u2019s not the only kind of DNA you have. Inside your cells are a variety of \u201corganelles\u201d that perform specific functions. One of those, the mitochondrion, is known as the cell\u2019s power plant. It also happens to contain its own independent set of DNA. Research suggests that this genetic material actually has a separate evolutionary origin than our regular DNA, and that mitochondria may have once been bacteria that established a symbiotic relationship within our cells. The other surprising fact about mitochondrial DNA? Children only inherit it from their mothers. <\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Mom!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/product\/genetic-code-glasses-set-of-2?source=blog\" target=\"_blank\">Genetic Code Glasses &#8211; set of 2, $25<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do you look more like mom or dad?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":24042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1208],"tags":[813],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24037"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24037\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uncommongoods.pro\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}