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To: PatrickHenry; CarolinaGuitarman

Let me get this straight. These people are claiming that Mitochondria, whatever they are, contain DNA?!



63 posted on 04/01/2006 1:47:56 PM PST by Virginia-American
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To: Virginia-American

No, no, those are midichlorians.


65 posted on 04/01/2006 1:55:32 PM PST by ahayes
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To: Virginia-American
"Let me get this straight. These people are claiming that Mitochondria, whatever they are, contain DNA?! "

Only from the male side.

From the article I posted:

"As a clonally transmitted marker, the distribution of the paternally inherited mtDNA will reflect founder or rare immigration events...."
68 posted on 04/01/2006 2:12:14 PM PST by CarolinaGuitarman ("There is grandeur in this view of life...")
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