genealogy, the most recent common ancestor (MRCA), also known as the last common ancestor (LCA), of a set of organisms is the most recent individual from...
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The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and...
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population. The more recent the ancestral population two species have in common, the more closely are they related. The most recent common ancestor of all currently...
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Y-chromosomal Adam (redirect from Y-chromosomal most recent common ancestor)
Y-chromosomal most recent common ancestor (Y-MRCA, informally known as Y-chromosomal Adam) is the patrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) from whom...
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The chimpanzee–human last common ancestor (CHLCA) is the last common ancestor shared by the extant Homo (human) and Pan (chimpanzee and bonobo) genera...
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genealogy, the identical ancestors point (IAP), or all common ancestors (ACA) point, or genetic isopoint, is the most recent point in a given population's...
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Eukaryogenesis (redirect from Last eukaryotic common ancestor)
eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) is the hypothetical last common ancestor of all living eukaryotes, around 2 billion years ago, and was most likely a biological...
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Mitochondrial Eve (category Recent African origin of modern humans)
as the Mitochondrial-Most Recent Common Ancestor, shortened to mt-Eve or mt-MRCA) is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) of all living...
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of the collection, the most recent common ancestor of the collection, and all descendants of the most recent common ancestor. It is thus a way of defining...
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contains its own most recent common ancestor (or more precisely an ancestral population), i.e. excludes non-descendants of that common ancestor the grouping...
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