The mitochondria (green) and chloroplasts (pink) of the moss Physcomitrium patens. “Wildtype” is the control sample, while “atad3a” shows a mutant where ATAD3 has been disrupted, yielding enlarged, oddly shaped mitochondria. (IMAGE)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

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