Haplogroup A (mtDNA)

Haplogroup A is in human genetics a haplogroup of the mitochondria.

Haplogroup A has been created according to researchers in Asia around 60,000 years ago. Your ancestor haplogroup N.

The subgroup A1 is found in North and Central Asia, while the subgroup A2 is found in Siberia. She is also one of five haplogroups of the Indians in America. The other of B, C, D, and X.

Haplogroup A is the largest proportionate haplogroup among the Chukchi, Eskimo, Na - Dene - speaking and some other ethnic Amerindian groups from North and Central America. 7.5 % of the Japanese belong to Haplogroup A (mostly A4 and A5).

The Mummy Juanita of Peru, also known as " Virgin of the ice " known, belonged to mitochondrial haplogroup A.

In his popular book The Seven Daughters of Eve Bryan Sykes is the original mother of this haplogroup the name Aiyana.

Pedigree

This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup subgroups of A is based on a paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser and subsequent scientific research.

  • A A3
  • A4 a4a A4a1 A4a1a
  • A4c1
  • A2a A2A2
  • A2b1
  • A2d1 A2d1a
  • A2f1 A2f1a
  • A2j1
  • A2k1
  • A5a A5a1 A5a1a A5a1a1 A5a1a1a
  • A5a1a1b
Haplogroup N (mtDNA) Japanese people Early human migrations Haplogroup L1 (mtDNA) Haplogroup R (mtDNA) Haplogroup I (mtDNA) Haplogroup W (mtDNA) Haplogroup B (mtDNA) Haplogroup F (mtDNA) Haplogroup U (mtDNA) Haplogroup K (mtDNA) Haplogroup H (mtDNA) Haplogroup V (mtDNA)
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