Why is maternal inheritance observed with mitochondrial DNA?
A) The sperm mitochondria are eliminated from the embryo
B) Sperm lack mitochondria
C) Female cells have more mitochondria than male cells
D) No mitochondrial genes are encoded on the paternal genome
E) There is imprinting of the mtDNA
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