Another interesting finding that came out of this study was the “discovery of a single instance of mitochondrial DNA being passed down from a father.” This was discovery was made possible because the experiment included both the identification of the genetic sequence of the chickens as well as having the pedigree of each individual chicken that was involved in the study.
This article was very interesting. I always enjoy reading about things that are thought to be a certain ways but can be proven to be untrue. I am not sure that evolution would occur this fast in other species but the fact that it only took 50 years for a mitochondrial mutation to occur in chickens is truly fascinating.
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