Which chromosome is the mitochondrial DNA on? 
    
    
    
                            
    
    
                                
    
                            
                    Both mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) and the Y chromosome have been used extensively by molecular paleoanthropologists in attempts to reconstruct human lineages. Both are inherited in a haploid manner: mtDNA through the female and the Y through the male.
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