100,000-Year-Old Neandertal mtDNA Shows Greater Genetic Diversity Than Thought

Jun 05, 2006

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) - By analyzing the mitochondrial DNA from the molar of a Neandertal child, a group of French and Belgian researchers have found that the genetic diversity among Neandertals was higher than previously thought.

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