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Few Clues About African Ancestry To Be Found In Mitochondrial DNA

Mitochondrial DNA may not hold the key to your origins after all. A study published today in the open access journal BMC Biology reveals that fewer than 10 percent of African American mitochondrial DNA sequences analysed can be matched to mitochondrial DNA from one single African ethnic group. The current study suggests that only one in nine African Americans may be able to find clues about where their ancestors came from, in their mitochondrial DNA.

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