Many interesting features distinguish human mitochondrial DNA from its nuclear counterpart, including the following: In the aforementioned study, Song and colleagues (2005) measured the ...

Purpose It has been hypothesised that certain mitochondrial haplogroups, which are defined by the presence of a characteristic cluster of tightly linked mitochondrial DNA polymorphisms, would be ...

Mitochondrial DNA haplogroups revealed substantial African ... More information: Andreas Henschel et al, Human migration from the Levant and Arabia into Yemen since Last Glacial Maximum ...

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green ...