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What is the most likely transmission mechanism for the passage of leigh syndrome from parent to child?

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Pattern of inheritance described in the prompt is one which females transmit leigh syndrome to all of their offspring. That is, the leigh syndrome is a maternally transmitted disorder. Because it is also a cytoplasmically inherited disorder, it will be transmitted through cytoplasmic components, such as mitochondria. Leigh syndrome is transferred through organelles in the cytoplasm rather than through DNA in the nucleus.
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