For What Reason Is the Mitochondrial Genome and the Y

question 99

Multiple Choice

For what reason is the mitochondrial genome and the Y chromosome the easiest portions of human DNA to use to trace human evolutionary lineages?

• A) All human cells have mitochondria and Y chromosomes.
• B) Mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome do not undergo significant meiotic recombination.
• C) The size of the mitochondrial genome and the Y chromosome is small.
• D) Mitochondrial DNA and the Y chromosome exhibit very unstable haplotypes.
• E) Mitochondrial DNA is inherited along both the male and female human evolutionary. lineages

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