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If Your Mitochondrial DNA Was Sequenced and Compared to the Sequence

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If your mitochondrial DNA was sequenced and compared to the sequence of mitochondrial DNA isolated from your mother's paternal grandmother (the mother of your mom's dad) would you expect to see a significant match to yours and why?


A) No,there would not be a significant match because my mitochondrial DNA was inherited from my mom who inherited it from her mom.
B) No,there would not be a significant match because my mitochondrial DNA was inherited from my dad who inherited it from his mom.
C) Yes,there would be a significant match because I inherited my mitochondrial DNA from my dad who inherited it from his mom.
D) Yes,there would be a significant match because I inherited my mitochondrial DNA from my mom who inherited from her dad.

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