| 单词 | mitochondrial eve |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmitochondrial Eve mitochondrial Eve n. [ < mitochondrial adj. + Eve, the name of the first woman in the Old Testament and Hebrew Scriptures] the female carrier of the mitochondrial DNA sequence from which all modern human mitochondrial DNA sequences are derived, postulated to have lived in Africa 150,000–200,000 years ago; (more generally) the last common female ancestor of all modern humans. ΚΠ 1987 Science 2 Oct. 24/2 The problem is that the mitochondrial Eve at 200,000 years ago is just not necessarily the same thing as the last common ancestor of all modern humans. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. viii. vi. 320/2 The mitochondrial Eve story, which—like its biblical counterpart—once seemed a clear and convincing tale about where humanity was born, has..become an increasingly murky one. 1995 Science 22 Dec. 1930 The mitochondrial Eve hypothesis emanates from a confusion between gene genealogies and individual genealogies. < as lemmas |
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