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A Quantitative Look at Mitochondrial DNA in Genealogy
2025-02-24
Abstract excerpt
Mutations occur throughout the 16,569 basepair human mitochondrial genome and most are under strong purifying selection. Archaeologically and genealogically useful mutations, in contrast, are neutral and remain stable for centuries. In new results, multiple lines of evidence show that the latter appear on average every 2900 years and the effective genealogical chromosome is limited to about 4800 basepairs, 28% of...
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- e2ed7dd5-26af-5bae-96fa-6c7ca22076a0
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- 10.1101/2025.02.19.638439