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A Young-Earth Creation Human Mitochondrial DNA "Clock": Whole Mitochondrial Genome Mutation Rate Confirms D-Loop Results

Jeanson, Nathaniel T. (2015) A Young-Earth Creation Human Mitochondrial DNA "Clock": Whole Mitochondrial Genome Mutation Rate Confirms D-Loop Results. Answers Research Journal, 8: 27. pp. 375-378. ISSN 1937-9056

Abstract

Previous studies of the human mitochondrial DNA mutation rate suggested the existence of a molecular "clock" that measured time consistent with the young-earth timescale, but these studies were limited to the D-loop (~7% of the mitochondrial DNA genome). Several recent studies measured the mutation rate in the entire mitochondrial DNA genome. I demonstrate that these new data agree with the expectations from D-loop results, further confirming the origin of the human race within the last 6000 years and strongly rejecting the evolutionary and old-earth creation timescales.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH426 Genetics
Q Science (General) > QH Natural History. Biology > QH426 Genetics > QH426.2 Mutations
G Geography and Anthropology > GN Anthropology > GN281 Human Evolution. Hominid Fossils
Depositing User: Admin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
Last Modified: 04 Sep 2026 23:45
URI: https://crsq.creationresearch.org/id/eprint/1797

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