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baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Mitochondria are actually parasites with their own genome and means of replicating. They will even actively defend their turf when other intracellular parasites appear.
chunes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Annoyingly, they can possess disease-causing genetic mutations which only appear in specific parts of the body, too.