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 Mitochondrial Eve  

Commentary: Mitochondrial Eve and her connection to present-day humanity
...NPR) 06-22-2004 Commentary: Mitochondrial Eve and her connection to present-d...humanity has a common ancestor, mitochondrial Eve, who lived 150,000 years ago...sort of mother she was, old mitochondrial Eve. Was she nurturing or a nag...
June 22, 2004; NPR All Things Considered

mitochondrial Eve
mitochondrial Eve The hypothetical female claimed...throughout the world suggests that mitochondrial Eve lived around 200 000 years...is also known as ‘African Eve’). Mitochondrial DNA is particularly useful for investigating...
January 1, 2004; A Dictionary of Biology

Pioneering Genetics Researcher Douglas C. Wallace to Join UC Irvine Faculty in Biology and Medicine; Founder of 'Mitochondrial Eve' Research to Establish Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine Center.
...Wallace will establish the Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics. He will hold a joint appointment...and his colleagues founded the field of human mitochondrial genetics. Mitochondria are the power plants of cells and have their own DNA, the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), which is ...
March 18, 2002; Ascribe Higher Education News Service

African Eve gets lost in the 'trees.' (mitochondrial DNA research)
...reports indicating that analyses of mitochondrial DNA -- genetic material located outside...reanalyses of the most extensive sample of mitochondrial DNA studied earlier. The new findings...University in University Park, builds five mitochondrial DNA trees but fails to pinpoint statistically...
February 22, 1992; Science News

That mitochondrial DNA line traces mothers back to Eve
...line. It also illustrates Elaine's mitochondrial DNA, which comes from the mother's...mother's mother, et cetera. Elaine's mitochondrial DNA is passed down to Lexis and also...picture. The photo illustrates Ione's mitochondrial DNA passed down the female line from...
December 8, 2008; Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME

3-methylcrotonyl-coenzyme A carboxylase is a component of the mitochondrial leucine catabolic pathway in plants
...Carboxylase Is a Component of the Mitochondrial Leucine Catabolic Pathway...Song2, Basil J. Nikolau, and Eve Syrkin Wurtele* 3-Methylcrotonyl-coenzy...carboxylase (MCCase) is a mitochondrial biotin-containing enzyme...MCCase is involved in the mitochondrial catabolism of Leu. Direct...1989; ...
December 1, 1998; Plant Physiology

mitochondrial DNA
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) A circular ring of DNA found in mitochondria...It codes for ribosomal and transfer RNA but only some mitochondrial proteins (up to 30 proteins in animals), the nuclear...these. Human mtDNA codes for 13 proteins and some RNA. Mitochondrial DNA is generally inherited via the female ...
January 1, 2004; A Dictionary of Biology

New gene study enters human origins debate. (mitochondrial DNA analysis)
...1987 that an analysis of mitochondrial DNA -- genetic material...humans back to an African Eve who lived about 200,000...statistical analysis of mitochondrial DNA samples drew an evolutionary...African roots lying at mitochondrial Eve's feet, suggesting modern...human females at the time ...
September 25, 1993; Science News

Nuclear SDH2-1 and SDH2-2 Genes, Encoding the Iron-Sulfur Subunit of Mitochondrial Complex II in Arabidopsis, Have Distinct Cell-Specific Expression Patterns and Promoter Activities1
...the essential iron-sulfur subunit of mitochondrial complex II (succinate dehydrogenase...differently located in the two promoters. The mitochondrial electron transport chain of eukaryotes...polymorphic SDH3 and SDH4 are present in the mitochondrial DNA (Burger et al, 1996; Adams et al...
December 1, 2004; Plant Physiology

Debunking a myth about sperm's DNA. (research indicates paternal mitochondrial DNA does enter fertilized egg)(Brief Article)
...widespread misconception-that one kind of paternal DNA, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA), does not get into the egg when the sperm fertilizes...Ankel-Simons of the Duke University Primate Center in Durham, N.C. Mitochondrial DNA, which sits inside the energy-producing organelles...analysis is at the heart of the con- ...
January 25, 1997; Science News



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