From Anthropology to Animal Ecology, New Genetic Analyses Produce Widespread Excitement in a Variety of Disciplines.

Focuses on the use of mitochondrial DNA as an analytic tool in various areas of studies. Biomedical scientists' discovery of explanations for patterns of diseases and mechanisms by which genes can contribute to illness; Animal ecologists' reassessment of their ideas about how new species arise; Anthropologists' rethinking of their notions of human evolution.