Allele frequency when genotype frequency is given

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Mitochondrial DNA replicates by increasing the number of genomes in proportion to mitochondrial mass, but without ensuring that each genome replicates

the same number of times.

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Mitochondria use different origin sequences to initiate replication of each DNA strand

Replication of the H strand is initiated in a D loop.

Replication of the L strand is initiated when its origin is exposed by the movement of the first replication fork.

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Replication starts at a specific origin in the circular duplex DNA. Initially, though, only one of the two parental strands (the H strand in mammalian mitochondrial DNA) is used as a

template for synthesis of a new strand. 

Synthesis proceeds for only a short distance, displacing the original partner (L) strand, which remains single-stranded,

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A single D loop is found as an opening of 500 to 600 bases in mammalian mitochondria.

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Some mitochondrial DNAs possess several D loops, reflecting the use of multiple origins. The same mechanism is employed in chloroplast DNA, where (in complex plants) there are two D loops.

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To replicate mammalian mitochondrial DNA, the short strand in the D loop is extended. The displaced region of the original L strand becomes longer, expanding the D loop