The Y chromosome retains a remarkable record of human ancestry, passed directly from father to son. In an article published online today in Genome Research, scientists have utilized recently ...

Scientists at the University of Cologne have discovered how cells can eliminate mutated mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA). Mitochondria are the powerhouses of our cells. Due to their evolutionary descent ...

Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve. Lupita Nyongo carries DNA from the oldest maternal haplogroup called Mitochondrial Eve, something we’ve ...

It's a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe ...

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All deceased individuals have been cremated and cannot be sampled for mtDNA. Connect individuals who share mtDNA from the great-great grandmother by darkening the lines that link them to one another.

We report the incidence and distribution of Native American mtDNA haplogroups in nine villages across the Sierras Centrales archeological area, located in central Argentina. The aims of the study were ...

Most of the mtDNA variation is ethnic-specific, and for example, virtually all European mtDNAs are subsumed within nine mtDNA haplogroups (denoted as H, I, J, K, T, U, V, W and X) [19].