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> at one point there were only 5 women/females from which we all come from. this can be traced in all of our DNA. Mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear DNA. There may
by talideon 10y ago
> at one point there were only 5 women/females from which we all come from. this can be traced in all of our DNA.
Mitochondrial DNA, not nuclear DNA. There may have been more ultimate female ancestors at the bottleneck, but only that number have had their mitochondrial DNA propagated.