Who's your daddy? Not this mummy, DNA tests reveal
Thursday, October 30, 2008 - 14:21
in Biology & Nature
Researchers have mapped the mitochondrial genome of one of the world's oldest mummies, discovering in the process a genetic lineage that does not match any of those known to exist today.
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