noun
mitochondrial Eve
Scientific term in genetics and anthropology referring to the most recent common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans.
ミトコンドリアイブは、現生人類の共通の母系祖先とされています。
Mitochondrial Eve is considered the common matrilineal ancestor of all living humans.
Variant with interpunct, sometimes used for clarity.
From English 'mitochondrial Eve', a term coined in the 1980s.