Tag: "mtDNA"

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 2)

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 2)

In my last blog post, I showed how the two most powerful ancestry tests, mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and Y chromosome, were useless to me in my hunt. Now I want look at the rest of my DNA. So here we go!

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Sep 28, 2009 by

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 1)

Genetic Tests: When No Means Maybe (Part 1)

Genetic tests often don’t give as much information as you might think.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Sep 14, 2009 by

Traveling DNA

Traveling DNA

A billion years ago or so, mitochondria were free living bacteria. Then our ancestors hijacked them and now they do our bidding. And mitochondria aren't the only cells that got hijacked.

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Jan 08, 2009 by

Those Marvelous Mitochondria

Those Marvelous Mitochondria

This former free living bacterium now supplies our cells their energy.Current theories hold that life began on Earth around 3.5 billion years ago. About a billion years ago, a single celled beast engulfed and absorbed another single celled creature. We are all descended from that hijacking. The hijacked cell has over time become the mitochondrion. [...]

 
Dr. Barry Starr

Post on Dec 22, 2008 by