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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Mitochondria are the key organelles involved in energy and redox homeostasis, cellular signaling, and survival. Animal mitochondria are ...

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Andrew Hess, Ph.D., earned his doctorate in interdepartmental genetics (animal breeding and genetics, with a statistics minor) from Iowa State University in 2016. He is an assistant professor of ...