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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2023 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Nat Rev Cardiol. 2022 May 6;19(11):723–736. doi: 10.1038/s41569-022-00703-y

Fig. 3 |. Distinct mitochondrial fission subtypes produce divergent fates.

Fig. 3 |

a | Symmetric fission generates two healthy daughter mitochondria during cellular division. b | Asymmetric fission facilitates engulfment of damaged mitochondria by autophagosomes, which fuse with lysosomes for organelle degradation via mitophagy.