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Oxidative tissues such as heart undergo a dramatic perinatal mitochondrial biogenesis to meet the high-energy demands after birth. PPARγ coactivator-1 (PGC-1) α and β have been implicated in the transcriptional control of cellular energy metabolism. Mice with combined deficiency of PGC-1α and PGC-1β (PGC-1αβ^−/− mice) were generated to investigate the convergence of their functions in vivo. The phenotype of PGC-1β^−/− mice was minimal under nonstressed conditions, including normal heart function, similar to that of PGC-1α^−/− mice generated previously. In striking contrast to the singly deficient PGC-1 lines, PGC-1αβ^−/− mice died shortly after birth with small hearts, bradycardia, intermittent heart block, and a markedly reduced cardiac output. Cardiac-specific ablation of the PGC-1β gene on a PGC-1α-deficient background phenocopied the generalized PGC-1αβ^−/− mice. The hearts of the PGC-1αβ …