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The power cells in your muscles are a genetic gift from your mother only (not your father) - Why was Eve made out of Adam's rib?

Asked by mattbrowne (31735points) March 25th, 2009

A mitochondrion is a membrane-enclosed organelle found in most eukaryotic cells. These organelles range from 0.5–10 micrometers in diameter. Mitochondria are sometimes described as “cellular power plants” because they generate most of the cell’s supply of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), used as a source of chemical energy. In addition to supplying cellular energy, mitochondria are involved in a range of other processes, such as signaling, cellular differentiation, cell death, as well as the control of the cell cycle and cell growth.

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benseven's avatar

God has a sense of humour?

crisw's avatar

Maybe they were gingkoes.

silly joke- some gymnosperms inherit mtDNA from the male parent…

Lightlyseared's avatar

Because you’re confusing the Bible with a scientific journal. It does not give a precise step by step account to how God created the world, if it did we would be swamped in baby universes by now.

JellyB's avatar

Interesting! You’re making me yearn back for my biology class days, i loved biology! :D

fireinthepriory's avatar

Because men wrote the bible.

Also I don’t think they had a clear knowledge of the mechanism of inheritance of mtDNA when that was going down… Among other things. :)

loser's avatar

I have power cells? Wow!!!

Facade's avatar

Because God felt like it :)

mattbrowne's avatar

@loser – Yes, trillions of them, and your power cells contain DNA only from your mother.

mattbrowne's avatar

@fireinthepriory – To me that’s also the most likely explanation.

Benny's avatar

I occasionally will come across a patient who thinks that men have one fewer ribs than a woman.

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