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Subject: Re: [DNA] How many years is a Generation?
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2002 20:47:56 EST

That's going to vary according to culture and time frame. There's an article
by Marc Tremblay analyzing French Canadian pedigrees. He suggested using

29 years -- mtDNA (maternally inherited)
31 years -- X chromosomes
35 years -- Y chromosomes (paternally inherited)
32 years -- autosomes (non-sex chromosomes)
30 years -- all types combined

http://www.journals.uchicago.edu/AJHG/journal/issues/v66n2/991229/991229.web.p

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