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Subject: Re: [DNA] mtDNA
Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 09:21:47 EST

In a message dated 03/02/2001 4:28:47 AM Eastern Standard Time,
writes:


> Women have mtDNA which they pass to their daughters only. The
> daughters inherit the entire genome from dad and mom, but pass on the mtDNA
> to daughters only.
>

Is that right? I thought mothers passed mtdna to both daughters and sons...
Shouldn't you have said, y comes from father to son but mtdna comes from
mother to all her children? If not, then where does the son's mtdna come
from? Now I'm confused.

Nan
Researching: Kizziah, Reese, Snyder, Nix, Rolen, Cottrell, Edwards,
Patterson, Tullous, Williams and Runnels among others.

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