The difference between an element and a compound is that an element is a substance made of same type of atoms, whereas a compound is made of different elements in definite proportions.
(July 2010). Molecular anthropology is a field of anthropology in which molecular analysis is used to determine evolutionary links between ancient and modern human populations, as well as between contemporary species.itochondrial DNA offers another advantage over autosomal DNA. There are generally 2 to 4 copies of each chromosome in each cell (1 to 2 from each parent chromosome). For mtDNA there can be dozens to hundreds in each cell.
How DNA Is Used. All living things-plants, animals, and humans-pass DNA from parents to offspring in the form of chromosomes. In humans, 23 chromosomes are passed on from the mother and 23 chromosomes are passed on from the father, giving the child 46 chromosomes.