... The question is rather why it would self-destruct. If it does, there must be some evolutionary pressure for this. I cannot see a single reason why mtDNA...
... you're right, ... Which seems ... must be ... why ... evolution ... Hi Lief, There is probably a very good evolutionary reason to exclude male mtDNA, if...
... There is more sense to this that you credit; since we know that there must be one human mtDNA lineage that old, since every woman must have a mother....
Leif: Besides, if this is rare or not is beside the point. Mutations are rare too, and they have impact on evolution. So does probably interbreeding /...
Noting that your posted link for the Bradley paper comes from Machughs website: MacHugh's doctoral thesis from Trinity College in Dublin (which runs to 9 pdf...
Greetings kebara@... wants you to know about a story at ap.tbo.com Message: All: I just stumbled across this one. Some of you might be interested in...
Dutch: The thesis does indeed look quite "meaty" but I thought it might be a good idea to save some of the material within for future reading. Anne G ... From:...
All: While searching around for more Neanderphotos and pics(as I do from time to time), I came across this site, which is basically a seminar on attitutdes ...
... The issue of relevance to chromosonal inheritance is the Achilles heel of the mtDNA studies. That the mtDNAs are different for the N's and AMH shows that...
... heel ... nDNA ... On that we agree for the most part, probably enough to take it off the table. ... The model is very simple: percentage of women who do...
Hi Anne, Part of the "meat" is literature and theory survey, a lot of it going well beyond cattle, plus a limitation to basic domesticated inducus/taurus type...
Sorry to those who could not not get there. I did not look at the list for a few days there (seasonal stuff). Of course the attached text is only an abstract....
Anne G. ... it could reproduce itself. It's my understanding that when there are ... awfully rare. ... As an example, I just found this in the Wash. Post: ...
Anne Gilbert spotted this on the Guardian Unlimited site and thought you should see it. ... Note from Anne Gilbert: All: More, from the Guardian, this time, on...
Maria: I never heard of Leigh's Disease until just now. But as I said, these mitochondrial "screwups" are awfully rare. We need our mitochondria to produce...
... Not so rare. The article claims 1 in 4,000. That is not rare compared to other genetic diseases that are usually much less common. In fact, there are a lot...
... successful ... a ... This is my paricular "take" on this issue: The N's were an *older* lineage than AMH. It's not clear what the difference in mtDNA...
... ??? Prehaps "old" would have been a better term than "older". After the lineages seperated just as much time passed for our lineage as for the N's up...
Edward: ??? Prehaps "old" would have been a better term than "older". After the lineages seperated just as much time passed for our lineage as for the N's up...
... Bingo! That is the heart and soul of the matter! With each isolated population of females automatically maintaining one indefinitely ancient mtDNA lineage...
... these ... mitochondria to ... compared to ... mitochondria ... symbiosis ... either. ... mtDNA is highly mutable so that is not really so surpising. ... ...
... not ... circle ... as ... Furthermore ... between ... very ... energy ... human ... middle ... tightly ... generally ... interactive ... requisite ... and ...
... You are confusing the species and the lineage. The N's did not exist as a species or even a distinct population 600 kya either. Instead, their species...
Edward: You are confusing the species and the lineage. The N's did not exist as a species or even a distinct population 600 kya either. Instead, their...
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All: I've added a new file in pdf. Nothing earthshaking, but if any of you are teaching classes, you might want to take a look. It's a general overview of...