John Hemming's Web Log

I am collecting links to papers which look at mtDNA damage in human oocytes. Mitochondrial DNA Damage and Its Repair Mechanisms in Aging Oocytes Human ovarian aging is characterized by oxidative damage and mitochondrial dysfunction Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid deletions in oocytes and reproductive aging in women Mitochondrial deoxyribonucleic acid deletions in oocytes and reproductive aging in women Mitochondrial DNA point mutation in human oocytes is associated with maternal age Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Age-related Oocyte Quality Allele frequency selection and no age-related increase in human oocyte mitochondrial mutations