MITOMAP: Common Continent-Specific mtDNA Variants

Last Edited: Jun 01, 2003

Haplogroup	Continent	mtDNA Variants	Continental mtDNA
AFRICA	L	3592+ HpaI	76
EUROPE	H	7025- AluI	39
EUROPE	I	1715- DdeI; 10032+ AluI; 4529- HaeII; 8249+ AvaII; 16389+ BamHI/MboI	7
EUROPE	J	13704- BstNI; 16065- HinfI	9
EUROPE	K	9052- HaeII/HhaI	8
EUROPE	Total		63
ASIA	A	663+ HaeIII	12
ASIA	B	8271-8281 9bp deletion; 16517+ HaeIII	4
ASIA	F	12406- HpaI/HincII; 16517+ HaeIII	4
ASIA	M	10394+ DdeI; 10397+ AluI	57
ASIA	M-C	13259-/13262+ HincII/AluI	21
ASIA	M-D	5176- AluI	14
ASIA	Total		77
AMERICA	A (Amerinds)	663+ HaeIII	44
AMERICA	A (Na-Dene)	663+ HaeIII; 16329- RsaI	29
AMERICA	B (Amerinds)	8271-8281 9bp deletion; 16517+ HaeIII	22
AMERICA	M-C (Amerinds)	13259-/13262+ HincII/AluI	18
AMERICA	M-D (Amerinds)	5176- AluI	16
AMERICA	Total		100
GLOBAL TOTAL:	AFRICA + EUROPE + [ASIA + AMERICA]		72

Note:

Common sequence variants readily detected by restriction endonuclease digestion. Haplogroup nomenclature and frequencies correspond to (references) Chen, Torroni, Wallace, unpublished data, ( references ).
Other studies which have screened populations for these ethnic specific markets are:

1. Africa (L): references
2. Europe (H, I, J, K): references
3. Asia (B): references
4. America (A): references
5. America (B): references
6. America (M-C, M-D): references