Y chromosome
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We then compared the Y-chromosome and mitochondrial DNA, which track the male and female lines of descent, respectively.
From Science Daily • May 30, 2026
What Dr Mazanec was looking for was a match with the DNA from the Y-chromosome, which is passed through the male line, from son to son.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023
The 2015 study uploaded Roma DNA to the Y-STR Haplotype Reference Database, or YHRD, a searchable worldwide collection of anonymous Y-chromosome profiles that has become a crucial and contested tool helping police solve crimes.
From New York Times • Nov. 17, 2021
Because Sitting Bull only had daughters, researchers couldn’t trace the lock’s lineage using mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down from mother to daughter, or Y-chromosome DNA, which follows the male line.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 26, 2021
"The only thing that puzzles me," Kennon went on, "is how you managed to eliminate the Y-chromosome carriers within the sperm."
From The Lani People by Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
