Mitochondrial Eve (English, noun)
expansion: Mitochondrial Eve (plural Mitochondrial Eves)
Senses:
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: The matrilineal most recent common ancestor of all currently living humans, i.e., the most recent woman from whom all living humans descend in an unbroken line purely through their mothers, and through the mothers of those mothers, back until all lines converge on one woman.
Forms:
form: Mitochondrial Eves
tags: plural