Mitochondrial DNA

mtDNA testing can be used to identify remains that are now 84 years old.

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15979. A mitochondrial DNA sequence

Human mitochondrial DNA is 16,569 base pairs in length.

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16086. Phylogenetic Tree; Macaulay

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15978. Mitochondrial DNA: a closer look

DNA found in the mitochondrion of a cell differs in structure and is separate from the DNA found in the cell nucleus. Mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA, exists as a circular loop of double-stranded DNA rather than the linear form found in nuclear DNA. However,

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16095. Chimp, Human, Neandertal HVR1

Variation between mtDNA (HVR1) samples from chimp, Neandertal and human.

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16091. Mitochondrial genome

The human mitochondrial genome consists of a DNA ring of about 16,570 nucleotides. It contains 37 genes, most of which are coding for mitochondrial tRNAs.

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15180. Inheritance of mitochondrial DNA, Douglas Wallace

Molecular geneticist Douglas Wallace talks about the way mitochondrial DNA is inherited.

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16088. mtDNA tree all humans; Macaulay

Mitochondrial genome sequences humans populations modern MRCA most recent common ancestor ancestry relationships phylogenetic trees mtDNA Macaulay.

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15977. Maternal inheritance

Unlike nuclear DNA, mtDNA is  inherited solely from the mother. (Mitochondria are predominantly from the mother’s egg and not from the father’s sperm.) Therefore, mtDNA sequences or orders of nucleotides generally remain constant over many generation

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15154. Analyzing Neandertal DNA, Svante Paabo

Evolutionary geneticist Svante Paabo talks about his team's pioneering work with ancient Neandertal mtDNA.

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15165. Mitochondrial Eve, Mark Stoneking

Geneticist Mark Stoneking, one of the authors of a controversial 1987 paper on mtDNA, talks about our common female ancestor.

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