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To: ElkGroveDan

I thought, maybe incorrectly, that Mito-DNA was passable only through the maternal line............


24 posted on 06/05/2006 1:40:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (Liberals ignore criminal behavior, reward sloth and revere incompetence...........)
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To: Red Badger
I thought, maybe incorrectly, that Mito-DNA was passable only through the maternal line...

mtDNA is passed from a mother to both sons and daughters. But only daughters pass theirs on to the next generation.

With sons, their descendants will have the mtDNA of their mates.

27 posted on 06/05/2006 1:45:59 PM PDT by Coyoteman (Stupidity is the only universal capital crime; the sentence is death--Heinlein)
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To: Red Badger
I thought, maybe incorrectly, that Mito-DNA was passable only through the maternal line............

Correct. So this dead child would have the same mitochondrial DNA as his/her sisters, as well as his mother's sisters' girls. All of them COULD have gone ahead and passed on their mtDNA.

29 posted on 06/05/2006 1:48:17 PM PDT by ElkGroveDan (California bashers will be called out)
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