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From: wls@astrovax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.religion
Subject: Re: A Common Female Ancestor for Everyone
Message-ID: <122@astrovax.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 13-Nov-83 17:42:00 EST
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Posted: Sun Nov 13 17:42:00 1983
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I think you misunderstood the question.  The trick involving mitochondrial
DNA depends on the supposition that this DNA is inherited entirely from the
female ancestor.  Likewise I am supposing that the Y chromosome is inherited
entirely from the male ancestor.  I need a biologist to tell me if this is
really a valid supposition.  For example, is there ever any crossing-over
between the Y and the X chromosome?
  This this is already getting far from religion, I think I'll shut up now.
-- 
Bill Sebok	Princeton Univ. Astrophysics
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