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Mitochondrial Eves

Mitochondrial Eves is the plural of Mitochondrial Eve.

Meaning of Mitochondrial Eve

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.

Questions about Mitochondrial Eves

What is Mitochondrial Eves the plural of?
Mitochondrial Eves is the plural of Mitochondrial Eve.

Words near Mitochondrial Eves in the dictionary

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

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