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  2. Mitochondrial Eve - Wikipedia

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    In other words, she is defined as 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. In terms of mitochondrial haplogroups, the mt-MRCA is situated at the divergence of macro-haplogroup L into L0 and L1–6.

  3. Genain quadruplets - Wikipedia

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    The sisters were born in a midwestern American town (nicknamed "Envira") on April 14, 1930. [2] They were considered local celebrities due to the quadruple nature of their birth. [2] The four sisters grew up with their parents in the same household. The Genain sisters' parents were described as "disturbed". [1]

  4. Allomothering in humans - Wikipedia

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    Older sisters appear to be more important than brothers for many of the groups in the study with sisters ranging from 5% - 33% and brothers 1.1% - 16.3%. Ivey (see Figures 1 & 2) found that among the Efe , both sisters and brothers contributed significantly to childcare. [ 49 ]

  5. After a DNA Test, I Finally Met My Biological Half Sister

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  6. Heredity - Wikipedia

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    Heredity, also called inheritance or biological inheritance, is the passing on of traits from parents to their offspring; either through asexual reproduction or sexual reproduction, the offspring cells or organisms acquire the genetic information of their parents.

  7. A mom of 3 learned she had mosaic Down syndrome through ... - AOL

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    “Chromosomes contain our genetic material, and we get 23 chromosomes in the egg from our mom and 23 chromosomes in the sperm from our dad. Chromosomes are numbered from 1 to 22, with the 23rd ...

  8. Homologous chromosome - Wikipedia

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    After mitosis occurs within the daughter cells, they have the correct number of genes which are a mix of the two parents' genes. In diploid (2n) organisms, the genome is composed of one set of each homologous chromosome pair, as compared to tetraploid organisms which may have two sets of each homologous chromosome pair.

  9. 'I'm a mother and I'm often mistaken for my daughter's sister ...

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    A mother and daughter are sharing how and why people think they're sisters.. California native Kelly Cantu, 40, and her daughter Madison, 20, claim they're often mistaken for being sisters.