were descended from seven daugthers of eve?

Question

europeans are descended from the seven daugthers of eve?

Answer 1

The "seven daughters of Eve" is a concept in mitochondrial genetics, which says that all modern Europeans are descended from a single "Mitochondrial Eve" through seven so-called "clan mothers." Each of these clan mothers is the genesis of a particular set of mutations of the mitochondrial genome. However, there is some dispute among genetecists as to the actual number, with some claiming as many as ten or twelve. For the rest of the human population, there are an estimated twenty-nine additional "clan mothers."

Mitochondria, by the way, are organelles withing all living cells that provide energy to the cell. One of the interesting things about mitochondria is that they have their own DNA that is separate from the DNA in the cell nucleus. Since mitochondria are almost always inherited from the mother, there is no combination of DNA from both the father and the mother, as there is in the nuclear DNA. Therefore, genetic linkages can be traced back through the mitochondrial DNA in the maternal line.

This is a very basic description of a pretty complex process, so if you are still unclear, you might want to try reading Bryan Sykes's book "The Seven Daughters of Eve," which describes the process in much more detail than I can here.

Answer 2

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