Both segments are unaffected by recombination, thus they provide an indicator of paternal and maternal origins, respectively.

When scientists study chromosomes in animals, they identify pairs, with one chromosome of paternal origin matched with a copy from the mother.

This text contains an account of Waltheof's paternal origin, and in the process recounts certain adventures of his father Siward (see boxes throughout article).

This is consistent with Jewish traditions in placing most Jewish paternal origins in the region of the Middle East.

Italian was the main reported paternal immigrant origin, followed by Portuguese with 735,929 children, Spanish with 340,479 and German with 159,809 children.

Nikolov is of paternal Bulgarian origin and has been capped three times for the Hungary national football team.

I said: "You will never build a Canada on this basis, when every ten years a person has to register on the basis of his paternal origin."

Deletions of paternal origin (father) are larger than the deletions deriving from the maternal (mother) chromosome.

His DNA was also indicative of paternal European origin.

Two studies have attempted to determine the paternal origin of these tribes.