Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup
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In human genetics, a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA. These haplogroups have led some researchers to trace the matrilineal inheritance of modern humans back to human origins in Africa and the subsequent spread across the globe.
Known haplogroups are assigned the following letter codes: A, B, C, CZ, D, E, F, G, H, pre-HV, HV, I, J, pre-JT, JT, K, L0, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6, L7, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, U, UK, V, W, X, Y, and Z.
The woman at the root of all these groups was the most recent common matrilineal (female-lineage) ancestor of all living humans. She is commonly called Mitochondrial Eve.
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Evolutionary relationship
Precise evolutionary relationships between human mitochondrial haplogroups are subject to academic debate.
L0
L1 and its descendants
Descendants of haplogroup L3Descendants of haplogroup M*
Descendants of haplogroup N* |
Descendants of haplogroup R
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External links
- An mtDNA view of the peopling of the world by Homo sapiens
- mtDNA .pdf map
- Map of macro-haplogroup N by John S. Walden
- Indian maternal gene pool, Journal of Human Genetics
- The Matrilineal Ancestry of Ashkenazi Jewry: Portrait of a Recent Founder Event, American Journal of Human Genetics
License
This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup".
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