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Mitochondrial Eve
Noun
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現生人類の全てが、母系遺伝によってたどることができる、最も近い共通の女性祖先。 / 全ての現生人類が、母親側の家系だけで辿っていくと必ず共有する最新の女性祖先。
（ plural ）
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(genetics) The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.
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Mitochondrial Eve
Scientists used mitochondrial DNA to estimate when Mitochondrial Eve lived and how her descendants spread across the globe.
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Scientists used mitochondrial DNA to estimate when Mitochondrial Eve lived and how her descendants spread across the globe.
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