DNA from a fossil is found,and it is hypothesized that the mother was a Neanderthal and the father was a human.Which of the following would support this hypothesis?

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If both mitochondrial and nuclear DNA from the Neanderthal are present, it suggests that the mother was a Neanderthal. If nuclear DNA from the human is also present, it suggests that the father was a human. Option A does not include mitochondrial DNA from the Neanderthal, making it unclear whether the mother was actually a Neanderthal. Option C suggests the opposite: the mother was human and the father was Neanderthal. Option D is also unlikely as it would imply a complete separation of DNA between the parents, which is unlikely given that hybridization between Neanderthals and humans likely involved extensive gene flow.

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