An analysis of dozens of British Iron Age skeletons has revealed that Celtic society was organized around women.

suspects of crimes and in paternity testing. It's also the one used to identify the remains of victims of the September 11th attacks. The other approach analyzes mitochondrial DNA, or mtDNA.

Researchers have uncovered genetic evidence suggesting that ancient Celtic societies in Iron Age Britain were matrilineal and ...

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA): This test traces your maternal ... Y-chromosome DNA (Y-DNA): Y-DNA tests trace paternal lineage, as the Y chromosome is passed from father to son. It’s a precise ...

WHRO.org reports that an attempt to identify remains unearthed inside the chancel of a church constructed at Jamestown in 1617 through genetic analysis has ruled out Sir George Yeardley, an English ...

Next, the mitochondrial structure in the sperm's ... which results from a merger of maternal and paternal DNA, and another, different one in the mitochondria. According to this explanation ...