Mitochondrial Eve

Mitochondrial Eve

Mitochondrial Eve is said to be how all humans inherited from one common female from Africa their mitochondrial DNA about 200,000 years ago. The mitochondria contains an outer part and an inner part that form the cristae, they contain enzymes that oxidate phosphroylation and transport electrons. Mitochondria DNA contains double strand DNA that has 16569 pairs of code and 37 proteins.