Toomas Kivisild

Toomas Kivisild

Estonian geneticist, professor of human evolutionary genetics at the University of Cambridge.
Date of Birth: 11.08.1969
Country: Estonia

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  1. Estonian Geneticist and Evolutionary Geneticist
  2. Mitochondrial Eve Hypothesis

Estonian Geneticist and Evolutionary Geneticist

Riin Kiviis an Estonian geneticist and professor of evolutionary human genetics at the University of Cambridge.

Mitochondrial Eve Hypothesis

Through her research and the work of other geneticists (e.g., Kivisild 2000b), Stephen Oppenheimer, in his book "The Real Eve," suggests that South Asia may have been the origin of Eurasian mitochondrial DNA haplogroups, collectively referred to as the "Eurasian Eve."

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