From: slawomirmiroslawski
Message: 25006
Date: 2003-08-08
> 07-08-03 20:44, slawomirmiroslawski wrote:and
>
> > Chomosome Y and mitochondrial follow tree structure.
> > So your belive is not fuly true.
>
> I'm well aware of that. But the histories of chromosome Y and
> mitochondrial DNA belong to _different_ trees in the first place,
> they have little if anything to do with the "racial" history of thejust
> individual in whom they intersect. You get your chromosome Y from
> one of your four great-grandpas,Sory to say, but i get my Y from one great-grandpas.
> significantly affect your appearance, BTW) from just one of yourfour
> great-grandmas, and together they're only a tiny part of yourentire
> genotype.
>
> Piotr