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submitted 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

wait, we do inherit mitochondria through our mothers, and we can sequence it to find different maternal haplogroups.

Though it exists in parallel to our DNA, it does encode a lot about us and our genetics.