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- Subject: Re: Eve Mitochondia?
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- From: kerr@redgum.ucnv.edu.au (r.kerr)
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 00:29:16 GMT
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- In article <STIGH.93Jan21132230@harry.itk.unit.no> stigh@itk.unit.no (Stig Atle Haugdahl) writes:
- >
- >In article <eur.727528220@dutncp8> eur@dutncp2.tn.tudelft.nl (Eur van Andel) writes:
- >>
- >> Not quite true. All of mankind DOES descend from one woman, and MORE than
- >> one man. (this is a bit difficult to understand, but true nontheless )
- >>
- >Very difficult to understand. Did she have more than one father?
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- An astute observation Eur. Mitochondrial RNA is only supplied by the
- _mother_. Studies of mutation rates of mitochondrial RNA allow one to
- estimate the number of generations since some supposed common female
- ancestor, but they can never supply any information about male
- ancestory.
-
- Regards,
- Richard.
-