Haplogroup L5

Haplogroup L5
Possible time of origin114,200-126,200 YBP[1]
Possible place of originEast Africa, Upper Nile Valley
AncestorL2-6
DescendantsL5a, L5c
Defining mutations3423, 7972, 12432, 12950[2]

Haplogroup L5 is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) clade. It was previously known as L1e.

  1. ^ Soares, P; Ermini, L; Thomson, N; Mormina, M; Rito, T; Röhl, A; Salas, A; Oppenheimer, S; MacAulay, V (2009). "Correcting for Purifying Selection: An Improved Human Mitochondrial Molecular Clock". American Journal of Human Genetics. 84 (6): 740–59. doi:10.1016/j.ajhg.2009.05.001. PMC 2694979. PMID 19500773.
  2. ^ 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.