2) Myoclonal epilepsy and ragged red fiber disease (MERRF) is a human condition named for the ragged red fibers of skeletal muscle cells and myoclinic epilepsy in affected individuals. People with this disorder have a mutation in a mitochondrial gene for a tRNA, specfically that for lysine. Why are affected individuals always heteroplasmic?

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A mitochondrion is a cellular organelle that serves as the site for cellular respiration and energy production (ATP or Adenosine Triphosphate). It is a double-membrane-bound organelle and is only present in eukaryotic cells.