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DNA is DNA

No. Mitochondrial DNA comes only from your mother. Cellular DNA comes half from your mother, half from your father.

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all that tells us is that that part of DNA was less in need of change over time than the other parts of DNA.

I am not being stubborn. I am just stating that if it worked there was no reason to fix it.

I am also stating the ABCnews article does employ some PC spin.