Haplogroup A (mtDNA)

This article is about the human mtDNA haplogroup. For the unrelated human Y-DNA haplogroup, see Haplogroup A (Y-DNA).
Haplogroup A
Possible time of origin40,000 ± 10,000 YBP

40,500 (95% CI 37,900 ↔ 43,200) ybp[1]
Coalescence age18,600 (95% CI 14,200 ↔ 23,900) ybp[1]

24,209 (SD 4,906) ybp[2]
Possible place of originAsia
AncestorN
DescendantsA3, A4, A5, A7, A8
Defining mutations152, 235, 523-524d, 663, 1736, 4248, 4824, 8794, 16290, 16319[3]

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup A is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup.

  1. ^ a b YFull MTree 1.01.5539
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  3. ^ van Oven, Mannis; Manfred Kayser (13 Oct 2008). "Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation". Human Mutation. 30 (2): E386–E394. doi:10.1002/humu.20921. PMID 18853457. S2CID 27566749.