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> Previously, estimates put the rate of change in a mitochondrial genome at about 2% per million years. At this pace, we should not have been able to spot a sin
by legulere 11y ago
> Previously, estimates put the rate of change in a mitochondrial genome at about 2% per million years. At this pace, we should not have been able to spot a single mutation in just 50 years, but in fact we spotted two.'
Doesn't sound as spectacular as the rest of the article.
- taneq 11y agoSo basically n=12, and they saw 2 instances of one thing and 1 instance of another. Sure, maybe p<0.05 but a larger sample size wouldn't go astray.