Linked from

The 47 pages that link to Mitochondrial DNA, each with the reason it gives.

• Ancient DNARelated: Its many copies per cell can make it easier to recover from degraded remains.

• DNA barcodingRelated: Its abundance and inheritance make it useful for animal barcode markers.

• Endosymbiotic theoryRelated: Its separate genome is a surviving trace of mitochondria’s bacterial ancestry.

• Conservation geneticsRelated: Its inheritance pattern can help trace maternal lineages and historical population changes.

• Mitochondrial diseaseRelated: Variants in this genome can impair mitochondrial function and cause inherited disease.

• DenisovanRelated: Early genetic evidence from Denisova Cave included a distinctive mitochondrial sequence.

• OrganelleRelated: Its presence supports mitochondria's evolutionary descent from bacteria.

• African wild dogRelated: Genetic studies use it to investigate wild dog population history and relatedness.

• Cytochrome c oxidaseRelated: It encodes core cytochrome c oxidase subunits, including subunit I.

• Lynn MargulisRelated: Its separate genome provides evidence that mitochondria descend from once-independent organisms.

• AfrotheriaRelated: Mitochondrial sequences helped establish Afrotheria as a major mammalian clade.

• Genetic genealogyRelated: Its maternal inheritance pattern helps investigate direct maternal lines.

• SynapomorphyRelated: Sequence variants can serve as shared derived characters in lineage studies.

• Homo heidelbergensisRelated: DNA from Sima de los Huesos fossils helped establish their close relationship to Neanderthals.

• Woolly mammothRelated: Mammoth mitochondrial sequences have helped reconstruct population history.

• Recent African origin of modern humansRelated: Early genetic arguments for African origins prominently used variation in this maternally inherited genome.

• Denisova CaveRelated: Early genetic analyses of cave fossils used mitochondrial sequences to distinguish populations.

• Muller’s ratchetRelated: Its limited recombination makes mutation accumulation relevant to mitochondrial evolution.

• LoxodontaRelated: Mitochondrial evidence has helped trace African elephant population history.

• Leigh syndromeRelated: Variants in this genome can cause Leigh syndrome and follow maternal inheritance.

• African wolfRelated: Mitochondrial comparisons helped reveal the African wolf's relationship to other canids.

• Canid hybridRelated: It can identify maternal ancestry while leaving paternal contributions unresolved.

• Galápagos tortoiseRelated: Genetic studies use it to investigate relationships among island tortoise populations.

• HaplogroupRelated: Its maternal inheritance makes it a common source for haplogroup classification.

• SymbiogenesisRelated: Its bacterial-like features provide evidence for the mitochondrial endosymbiotic origin.

• Genographic ProjectRelated: The project used maternal lineages to investigate ancient migration patterns.

• Aubrey de GreyRelated: Mutations in this DNA form one of the damage categories addressed by SENS.

• BrantaRelated: Genetic comparisons help clarify relationships among closely related Branta species.

• Philippa LangleyRelated: Its maternal inheritance made it useful for comparing the skeleton with documented descendants.

• Pig (animal)Related: Genetic studies of this DNA reveal multiple maternal lineages in domestic pigs.

• Somatic fusionRelated: Fused cells can combine or sort mitochondrial genomes from their parental cells.

• Ursid hybridRelated: It can reveal the maternal species ancestry of a bear hybrid.