Mutations in mitochondrial DNA can cause abnormalities in hair cells located in the organ of Corti and are linked to certain forms of hearing loss.
-based on Pandya, 2004
Pandya, Arti. 2004. Nonsyndromic hearing loss and deafness, mitochondrial. GeneReviews, October 22. Last updated July 3, 2014. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1422/c.
Mutations in the hair cells in the organ of Corti are transmitted from a
A. father to his daughters only
B. father to all of his children
C. mother to her sons only
D. mother to all of her children