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Dna Testing – Rediscovering Adam Based on Y-chromosome
Y chromosome is the only chromosome that you find in all males. It has distinctive shape and function as it involves in sex-determination during embryo development (A human male contains one X chromosome and one Y chromosome).
Other than that, Y chromosome contains paternal DNA which is used in determining father’s ancestry (patrilineality) as it is passed from father to son. It is because most of the Y chromosome passes almost unchanged from generation to generation.
In search of our parent’s ancestry enable us to understand our roots and our anthropological history.
Basically, random mutation causes slight changes in Y chromosomes that enable us to elucidate total generations of the two Y chromosomes that are derived from Read the rest of this entry »
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