<prompt> Human Mitochondrial Genome encodes:37 genes47 genes57 genes67 genes  <response>: MITOCHONDRIAL DNA: Present in eukaryotes Circular, double stranded High rate of mutations because of : no introns prevent mutations no repair enzymes no proof reading 1 of total cellular DNA Maternally inherited Total 67 proteins of respiratory chain, out of which 13 are from mitochondrial DNA. Multiple copies are present in the same cell Contains: 4 stop codons. 16,000 base pairswhich is around 1 of total cell DNA 37 genes encoding for: 2 r RNA, 22 t RNA 13 protein sub-units Contains own ribosome 55 S and circular dsDNA. 