Submitted by nodeciapalabras t3_ylu0ir in askscience
viridiformica t1_iv1fboh wrote
Reply to comment by LouSanous in Why don't we have Neandertal mitochondrial DNA? by nodeciapalabras
Interestingly, there is a paper which suggests that at least some groups of Neanderthals had their y chromosome and mitochondrial DNA replaced via an earlier admixture with modern humans https://www.science.org/doi/epdf/10.1126/science.abb6460
This goes against the theory that ms-fn hybrids didn't happen, and suggests instead that they were selected against in modern humans populations
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