In most plants and animals, including humans, mitochondria are inherited exclusively, or nearly exclusively, from the mother.

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Ancient linkups may have happened more frequently between female humans and male Neanderthals, according to an new genetic ...

Thin stretches of the human X chromosome look oddly empty when you scan for Neanderthal DNA. Geneticists even have a name for the gaps: “Neanderthal deserts.