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Hypothesis of ''African origin'' of man is based on the study of____________

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Nuclear DNA
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Mitochondrail DNA
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rRNA
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X-chromosome
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The correct option is C Mitochondrail DNA
  • Hypothesis of ''African origin'' of man is based on the study of Mitochondrial DNA.
  • Mitochondrial DNA possesses several favorable characteristics, including large quantity in the cell, small genome size, haploid, maternal inheritance and extremely low probability of paternal leakage , higher mutation rate than nuclear DNA, and change mainly through mutation rather than recombination.
  • All these features make mt-DNA a useful and one of the most frequently used markers in molecular systematics and has been widely employed to address questions of genetic diversity, population structure, phylogeography and population evolution.
  • So, the correct option is 'Mitochondrial DNA'.

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