High mitochondrial DNA content is a key determinant of stemness, proliferation, cell migration, and cancer metastasis in vivo.

This phenotype of rapid cell cycle progression was further validated at the molecular level, by RNA-Seq analysis, which clearly showed that cell cycle related mRNA transcripts were upregulated in the mtDNA-high MCF7 population, which was highly significant (Supplementary Fig.

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