Zpk1a@lemmy.world to Science Memes@mander.xyzEnglish · 18 days agoMitochondrialemmy.worldimagemessage-square55fedilinkarrow-up1205arrow-down184
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minus-squarejust_an_average_joe@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·18 days agoBut mitochondria is cool, it has its own dna because it used to be a separate organism. It fused with us, only to be made into a joke by us.
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 days agoIt also separates raw protons from hydrogen atoms and somehow turns it into spinny-motion, which it then turns into chemical energy with incredible efficiency. It’s a wild piece of biological machinery
But mitochondria is cool, it has its own dna because it used to be a separate organism. It fused with us, only to be made into a joke by us.
It also separates raw protons from hydrogen atoms and somehow turns it into spinny-motion, which it then turns into chemical energy with incredible efficiency. It’s a wild piece of biological machinery