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mitochondrial eve

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English

Syllables
mi-to-chon-dri-al eve
IPA
27
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
5
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.

Etymology

In reference to Eve, the first woman according to the Bible.

Inflected Forms

Mitochondrial Eves (plural)

Phrases

Y-chromosomal Adam

Frequently Paired Words

Y-chromosomal Adam

Questions

What does mitochondrial eve mean?
The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.
Where does mitochondrial eve come from?
In reference to Eve, the first woman according to the Bible.

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