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The identification of mitochondrial disease genes has increased markedly since the 1980s when the first mitochondrial disease was characterized. However, ~40% of diagnosed mitochondrial disorders have no identified genetic cause, and overall diagnostic success rates remain surprisingly low. Data from OMIM (Amberger et al. 2015) and (Frazier, Thorburn, and Compton 2019).
