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The 14 pages that link to Mitochondrial inheritance, each with the reason it gives.

• Autosomal recessive inheritanceCompared with: Mitochondrial genes do not follow the two-autosomal-copy pattern.

• Autosomal dominant inheritanceCompared with: It follows maternal lineage rather than the autosomal transmission pattern.

• Mitochondrial DNARelated: Its usual inheritance pattern differs from inheritance of nuclear chromosomes.

• Mitochondrial diseaseRelated: It explains the maternal transmission pattern of many mitochondrial DNA disorders.

• X-linked inheritanceCompared with: It involves DNA outside the nuclear chromosomes and follows a different family pattern.

• X-linked recessive inheritanceCompared with: Maternal transmission of mitochondrial DNA follows a different route from X-linked transmission.

• Mitochondrial dysfunctionRelated: It explains characteristic family patterns of some mitochondrial disorders.

• Pedigree chartBroader topic: A maternal-only transmission line can distinguish it from nuclear inheritance.

• HeteroplasmyRelated: Maternal transmission shapes how heteroplasmic variants pass between generations.

• Sex-linked inheritanceCompared with: Its maternal transmission contrasts with the parent-specific routes of X- and Y-linked genes.

• X-linked dominant inheritanceCompared with: Its maternal transmission route differs from the X-chromosome pathways of this pattern.

• Sex linkageCompared with: Its strongly maternal transmission can be mistaken for sex-linked inheritance in family pedigrees.

• MitochondriaRelated: The many mitochondrial copies in an egg usually determine maternal transmission.

• Y linkageCompared with: Its usual maternal transmission runs opposite to Y-linked paternal transmission.