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Ok-disaster2022 t1_iv31q3s wrote

Reply to comment by za419 in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras

If were going to extend biblical metaphor, it's better to also use the names of Noah and Namaah.

A y chromosomal male is better identified as Noah, whereas a mitochondrial Eve is Eve. After all Noah's sons brought their wives in the genetic bottleneck.

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za419 t1_iv38tsb wrote

Eh, probably.

I think the Bible metaphor sucks because it gives the impression that no one else was around or passed on their genes, and that's very not true. It works on the surface level (in a "everyone's ancestors" sense), but it lends itself to being misunderstood and requiring a huge comment to clarify what it means.

I believe the original name was "lucky mother", which... Lost out for obvious reasons.

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