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What natural event took place 470 Centuries ago?
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Toba, a volcano in Sumatra exploded
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What's the significance of Toba's eruption?
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Dr. Stanley Ambrose theorizes that the isolation of certain Homo sapiens, as a result of the blast, contributed to the formation of humanity's racial divisions.
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Founder Effect
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Rule which states that the isolation of small populations from larger ones can accelerate evolutionary change.
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What are Mitochondria?
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Parts of a cell that convert energy stored in sugar into a form that the rest of the cell can use.
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Why are Mitochondrial genomes easy to study?
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1.) They are small (easy to analyze)
2.) They reproduce asexually (changes by mutation and not sexual mixing) 3.) In humans mitochondria are inherited only from the mother. |
