I really LOVE that second one! :D :D The third one is interesting, but not my colour. XD
A person's maternal ancestry can be traced through their mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA. Both men and women possesses the DNA, of course, but only women pass it on to their children. I think it's explained nicely here (http://www.oxfordancestors.com/content/view/35/55/). I read about it in The Seven Daughters of Eve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Daughters_of_Eve) by Bryan Sykes; it's really interesting.
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Date: 21/4/11 07:33 am (UTC)I really LOVE that second one! :D :D The third one is interesting, but not my colour. XD
A person's maternal ancestry can be traced through their mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA. Both men and women possesses the DNA, of course, but only women pass it on to their children. I think it's explained nicely here (http://www.oxfordancestors.com/content/view/35/55/). I read about it in The Seven Daughters of Eve (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Seven_Daughters_of_Eve) by Bryan Sykes; it's really interesting.