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Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) is passed down from mother to child relatively unchanged through several generations. Our mtDNA contains markers that can be traced to our early ancestors and where they settled thousands of years ago. mtDNA is:
Our mtDNA contains markers that can be traced to our early ancestors and where they settled thousands of years ago. mtDNA is:
- Only passed through the mother. During fertilization, only nuclear DNA from the sperm enters the cell; thus the father does not make any contribution to the mitochondrial DNA
- Abundant in number. While your nuclear chromosomes are only found in two copies per cell, one from your mother and one from your father, mtDNA is found much more abundantly—anywhere between hundreds to thousands of copies per cell
Turnaround Time
10 Days
Test Results Include:
Results of a maternal lineage test are expressed in terms of haplogroups—genetic groups of people who share the same set of DNA markers and can be traced to a certain geographic area that they settled at a particular point in human history.
- Personalized Certificate PDF: Displays the haplogroup designation and map showing the ancestors' journey and where they initially settled in the old world.
- There are three possible areas in our mtDNA that can be tested:
HVRI Testing
This region is usually sufficient to determine a person’s haplogroup.
HVRII and HVRIII Testing
these two regions can provide more detail if HVSI testing is not sufficient to determine connection to a haplogroup; it could also further refine a haplogroup into sub-groups, also called sub-clades
Our testing includes all three areas, giving the best coverage of genetic markers for the highest probability of determining a haplogroup.