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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: Lewis Thomson on 09/01/2018 10:33:23

Title: Is a man genetically closest to his parents, siblings, or children?
Post by: Lewis Thomson on 09/01/2018 10:33:23

Stephen asks:

Who is a man, genetically speaking, most closely related to? Is it his parents, his siblings, or his children?
On average, shouldn't it be his siblings since they share mitochondrial DNA as well as nuclear DNA? Meanwhile, that commonality is missing with his father and children (who don't inherit mitochondrial DNA from him as a man).

Any thoughts?