Thursday, September 16, 2010

New study tracks human evolution - track your Y chromosomes guys

This is an interesting new look at human evolution - much previous work has focused on sequencing mitochondrial DNA, which is strictly maternally derived (the sperm doesn't donate mitochondria when it fertilizes the egg). This new study looks at the question of human origins from the Y chromosome point of view. Check it out!

1 comment:

Addie McDowell said...

is there any evidence that there were any homoniods on the north or south american continents?