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Mitochondrial Eve

Mitochondrial Eve noun: the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.

Noun

Mitochondrial Eve (plural Mitochondrial Eves)

  1. The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.

Mitochondrial Eve meaning in Tamil

Mitochondrial Eve in Tamil

ஆதித் தாய், ஆதிப் பெண்

Forms of Mitochondrial Eve

pluralMitochondrial Eves

Origin of Mitochondrial Eve

In reference to Eve, the first woman according to the Bible.

Questions about Mitochondrial Eve

What does Mitochondrial Eve mean?
Mitochondrial Eve means the matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.
What is Mitochondrial Eve in Tamil?
Mitochondrial Eve in Tamil is ஆதித் தாய், ஆதிப் பெண். See Mitochondrial Eve meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Mitochondrial Eve?
Mitochondrial Eve is a noun.
What is the plural of Mitochondrial Eve?
The plural of Mitochondrial Eve is Mitochondrial Eves.

Words near Mitochondrial Eve in the dictionary

  1. mitocalcin
  2. mitochondria
  3. mitochondrial
  4. mitochondrial DNA
  5. mitochondrial DNAs
  6. Mitochondrial Eve
  7. Mitochondrial Eves
  8. mitochondrial matrices
  9. mitochondrial matrix
  10. mitochondrial matrixes
  11. mitochondrial megachannel

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