In
human mitochondrial genetics
Human mitochondrial genetics is the study of the genetics of human mitochondrial DNA (the DNA contained in human mitochondria). The human mitochondrial genome is the entirety of hereditary information contained in human mitochondria. Mitochondria ...
, Haplogroup Z is a
human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup
In human genetics, a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in human mitochondrial DNA. Haplogroups are used to represent the major branch points on the mitochondrial phylogenetic tree. Understanding the evolut ...
.
Origin
Haplogroup Z is believed to have arisen in Central Asia, and is a descendant of
haplogroup CZ.
Distribution
The greatest clade diversity of haplogroup Z is found in
East Asia
East Asia is a geocultural region of Asia. It includes China, Japan, Mongolia, North Korea, South Korea, and Taiwan, plus two special administrative regions of China, Hong Kong and Macau. The economies of Economy of China, China, Economy of Ja ...
and
Central Asia
Central Asia is a region of Asia consisting of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. The countries as a group are also colloquially referred to as the "-stans" as all have names ending with the Persian language, Pers ...
. However, its greatest frequency appears in some peoples of
Russia
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, such as
Evens
The Evens /əˈvɛn/ ( Even: эвэн; pl. эвэсэл, ''evesel'' in Even and эвены, ''eveny'' in Russian; formerly called ''Lamuts'') are a people in Siberia and the Russian Far East. They live in regions of the Magadan Oblast and ...
from
Kamchatka
The Kamchatka Peninsula (, ) is a peninsula in the Russian Far East, with an area of about . The Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Okhotsk make up the peninsula's eastern and western coastlines, respectively.
Immediately offshore along the Pacific ...
(8/39 Z1a2a, 3/39 Z1a3, 11/39 = 28.2% Z total) and from
Berezovka, Srednekolymsky District, Sakha Republic (3/15 Z1a3, 1/15 Z1a2a, 4/15 = 26.7% Z total), and among the
Saami
The Sporting Arms and Ammunition Manufacturers' Institute (SAAMI, pronounced "Sammy") is an association of American manufacturers of firearms, ammunition, and components. SAAMI is an accredited standards developer that publishes several A ...
people of northern
Fennoscandia
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. With the exception of three Khakasses who belong to Z4,
two Yakut who belong to Z3a1,
two Yakut, a Yakutian Evenk, a Buryat, and an Altai Kizhi who belong to Z3(xZ3a, Z3c),
[Sardana A Fedorova, Maere Reidla, Ene Metspalu, ''et al.'', "Autosomal and uniparental portraits of the native populations of Sakha (Yakutia): implications for the peopling of Northeast Eurasia." ''BMC Evolutionary Biology'' 2013, 13:127. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/13/127] and the presence of the Z3c clade among populations of Altai Republic,
nearly all members of haplogroup Z in North Asia and Europe belong to subclades of Z1. The TMRCA of Z1 is 20,400
34,000">5% CI 7,400 <-> 34,000ybp according to Sukernik ''et al.'' 2012,
20,400
33,800">5% CI 7,800 <-> 33,800ybp according to Fedorova ''et al.'' 2013,
or 19,600
29,300">5% CI 12,500 <-> 29,300ybp according to YFull.
Among the members (Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4, and Z7) of haplogroup Z, Nepalese populations were characterized by rare clades Z3a1a and Z7, of which Z3a1a was the most frequent sub-clade in Newar, with a frequency of 16.5%.
Z3, found in East Asia, North Asia, and MSEA, is the oldest member of haplogroup Z with an estimated age of ~ 25.4 Kya.
Haplogroup Z3a1a is also detected in other Nepalese populations, such as Magar (5.4%), Tharu, Kathmandu (mixed population) and Nepali-other (mixed population from Kathmandu and Eastern Nepal).
S6). Z3a1a1 detected in Tibet, Myanmar, Nepal, India, Thai-Laos and Vietnam trace their ancestral roots to China with a coalescent age of ~ 8.4 Kya
Fedorova ''et al.'' 2013 have reported finding Z* (xZ1a, Z3, Z4) in 1/388 Turks and 1/491 Kazakhs. These individuals should belong to Z1* (elsewhere observed in a Tofalar), Z2 (observed in Japanese), Z7 (observed in the Himalaya), Z5 (observed in Japanese), or basal Z* (observed in a
Blang individual in
Northern Thailand
Northern Thailand, or more specifically Lanna, is a region of Thailand. It is geographically characterized by several mountain ranges, which continue from the Shan Hills in bordering Myanmar to Laos, and the river valleys that cut through them. ...
).
Subclades
Tree
This phylogenetic tree of haplogroup Z subclades is based on the paper by Mannis van Oven and Manfred Kayser ''Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation''
and subsequent published research.
* Z
** Z* – Thailand (
Blang in Chiang Rai Province)
[Wibhu Kutanan, Jatupol Kampuansai, Metawee Srikummool, Daoroong Kangwanpong, Silvia Ghirotto, Andrea Brunelli, and Mark Stoneking, "Complete mitochondrial genomes of Thai and Lao populations indicate an ancient origin of Austroasiatic groups and demic diffusion in the spread of Tai–Kadai languages." ''Hum Genet'' 2016 DOI 10.1007/s00439-016-1742-y.]
** Z-T152C! (TMRCA 24,300
30,300">5% CI 19,300 <-> 30,300ybp
)
*** Z-T152C!* – Hong Kong
*** Z1 (TMRCA 18,600
29,500">5% CI 10,900 <-> 29,500ybp
)
**** Z1a – Koryak, Buryat, Kalmyk,
Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
(
Hinggan,
Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir or Hulun Buir, ''Hūlúnbèi'ěr''; , ''Khulunbuir'' is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative center is located at Hailar District, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high ...
,
Xilingol
Xilingol League (also transliterated as Xilin Gol or Shiliin Gol; zh, s= ; , , , ) is one of the 3 leagues of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, and the area is . The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture.
Xilingol borders ...
[Guang‐Lin He, Meng‐Ge Wang, Xing Zou, Hui‐Yuan Yeh, Chang‐Hui Liu, Chao Liu, Gang Chen, and Chuan‐Chao Wang. Extensive ethnolinguistic diversity at the crossroads of North China and South Siberia reflects multiple sources of genetic diversity ''J Syst Evol'', 2023, 61(1): 230-250.]), Khakas, Shor, Altai Kizhi, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uyghur, Turk, Arab (Uzbekistan) (TMRCA 7,600
10,900">5% CI 5,100 <-> 10,900ybp
)
***** Z1a1 – Italy, Hungary (ancient Avar), Germany, Sweden, Kazakh, Uyghur, Buryat (TMRCA 5,600
10,900">5% CI 2,500 <-> 10,900ybp
)
****** Z1a1a – Khakas,
Nogai,
Udmurt,
Russia (
Krasnodar Krai
Krasnodar Krai (, ) is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject of Russia (a krai), located in the North Caucasus region in Southern Russia and is administratively a part of the Southern Federal District. Its administrative center is the t ...
,
etc.), Abazin,
Cherkessian,
Finland, Norway, Sweden,
Estonia, Ukrainian
******* Z1a1a* – Norway (
Vest-Agder
Vest-Agder (; "West Agder") was one of 18 counties (''fylker'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Aust-Agder to form Agder county. In 2016, there were 182,701 inhabitants, around 3.5% of the total popul ...
,
Aust-Agder
Aust-Agder (, ) was a county (''fylke'') in Norway from 1 January 1919 to 31 December 2019, after it was merged with Vest-Agder to form Agder county. In 2002, there were 102,945 inhabitants, which was 2.2% of Norway's population. Its area was . ...
),
Finland,
Sami (
Västerbotten
Västerbotten (), sometimes called West Bothnia or Westrobothnia, is a province (''landskap'') in northern Sweden, located by the Gulf of Bothnia. It borders the provinces of Ångermanland, Lapland and Norrbotten. The region is famous for Väs ...
,
Norrbotten
Norrbotten (), sometimes called North Bothnia, is a Swedish province (''landskap'') in northernmost Sweden. It borders south to Västerbotten, west to Swedish Lapland, and east to Finland.
Administration
The traditional provinces of Swede ...
), Komi,
Russia (
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel ...
),
Ket (lower Yenisey River basin)
******* Z1a1a1 – Russia (
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel ...
)
******* Z1a1a2 –
Udmurt
******* Z1a1a3 – Russia (
Chelyabinsk Oblast
Chelyabinsk Oblast; , is a federal subjects of Russia, federal subject (an oblast) of Russia in the Ural Mountains region, on the border of Europe and Asia. Its administrative center is the types of inhabited localities in Russia, city of Chel ...
,
Novgorod Oblast
Novgorod Oblast () is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). Its administrative center is the city of Veliky Novgorod. Some of the oldest Russian cities, including Veliky Novgorod and Staraya Russa, are located in the oblast. The historic m ...
[Malyarchuk,B., Litvinov,A., Derenko,M., Skonieczna,K., Grzybowski,T., Grosheva,A., Shneider,Y., Rychkov,S. and Zhukova,O., "Mitogenomic diversity in Russians and Poles." ''Forensic Sci Int Genet'' 30, 51-56 (2017).]), Poland
******* Z1a1a4 – Finland (
Eastern Finland Province
Eastern Finland (, ) was a province of Finland from 1997 to 2009. It bordered the provinces of Oulu, Western Finland and Southern Finland. It also bordered Russia to the east.
History
On September 1, 1997, the Mikkeli Province, the Kuopio Pro ...
), Estonia (
Rapla County
Rapla County ( or ''Raplamaa'') is one of the fifteen counties of Estonia. It is situated in the north-western part of the country and borders Järva County to the east, Pärnu County to the south, Lääne County to the west, and Harju County to ...
)
****** Z1a1b – Evenk (Sakha Republic),
Dolgan
******* Z1a1b* – Nganasan (Taimyr Peninsula),
Yukaghir (lower Indigirka River basin
), Even (
Sakkyryyr,
[Duggan AT, Whitten M, Wiebe V, Crawford M, Butthof A, ''et al.'' (2013), "Investigating the Prehistory of Tungusic Peoples of Siberia and the Amur-Ussuri Region with Complete mtDNA Genome Sequences and Y-chromosomal Markers." ''PLoS ONE'' 8(12): e83570. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0083570] Eveno-Bytantaysky National district or Momsky district of Sakha Republic
), Evenk (Iengra River basin,
Nyukzha
The Nyukzha () is a river in Amur Oblast and Transbaikalia, East Siberia, Russian Federation. It is the second largest tributary of the Olyokma river in terms of length and area of its basin. The Nyukzha is long and has a drainage basin of . Th ...
river basin
)
******* Z1a1b1
******** Z1a1b1* – Buryat (Irkutsk Oblast)
******** Z1a1b1a – Uyghur
***** Z1a2 (TMRCA 5,400
10,400">5% CI 2,400 <-> 10,400ybp
)
****** Z1a2* – Ulchi (lower Amur River basin)
****** Z1a2a – Itelmen,
Koryak
******* Z1a2a* – Even (Kamchatka),
Yukaghir (upper Anadyr River basin)
******* Z1a2a1
******** Z1a2a1* – Even (Kamchatka,
Berezovka)
******** Z1a2a1a – Even (Kamchatka),
Evenk (village of Nelkan by the Maya River in the Okhotsk Region)
***** Z1a3 (TMRCA 3,600
6,500">5% CI 1,850 <-> 6,500ybp
)
****** Z1a3* – Yukaghir (upper Anadyr River basin),
Even (
Tompo District
Tomponsky District (; , ''Tompo uluuha'') is an administrativeConstitution of the Sakha Republic and municipalLaw #172-Z #351-III district (raion, or ''ulus''), one of the administrative divisions of the Sakha Republic, thirty-four in the Sakha Rep ...
,
Eveno-Bytantaysky National district or Momsky district of Sakha Republic
), Evenk (Nyukzha River basin
), Yakut (central Yakutia)
****** Z1a3a
******* Z1a3a* – Even (Kamchatka)
******* Z1a3a1 – Yukaghir
(lower Kolyma River basin
), Even (
Berezovka)
****** Z1a3b – Even (
Berezovka), Yakut
***** Z1a4 (TMRCA 5,500
9,000">5% CI 3,200 <-> 9,000ybp
)
****** Z1a4* – Uyghur,
Tubalar,
[Rem I. Sukernik, Natalia V. Volodko, Ilya O. Mazunin, Nikolai P. Eltsov, Stanislav V. Dryomov, and Elena B. Starikovskaya, "Mitochondrial Genome Diversity in the Tubalar, Even, and Ulchi: Contribution to Prehistory of Native Siberians and Their Affinities to Native Americans." ''American Journal of Physical Anthropology'' 148:123–138 (2012). DOI 10.1002/ajpa.22050] Buryat (Irkutsk Oblast)
****** Z1a4a – Uyghur
[YFull MTree 1.01.5396 as of April 4, 2019.]
**** Z1b – Tofalar
[Elena B. Starikovskaya, Rem I. Sukernik, Olga A. Derbeneva, Natalia V. Volodko, Eduardo Ruiz-Pesini, Antonio Torroni, Michael D. Brown, Marie T. Lott, Seyed H. Hosseini, Kirsi Huoponen, and Douglas C. Wallace, "Mitochondrial DNA Diversity in Indigenous Populations of the Southern Extent of Siberia, and the Origins of Native American Haplogroups." ''Annals of Human Genetics'' (2005) 69, 67–89. doi: 10.1046/j.1529-8817.2003.00127.x]
***** Z1b1 (G251A) - Tofalar (Karagas) from Alygdzher,
Barghut
*** Z2 – Japan (Tokyo, Aichi,
Chūbu-
Hokuriku,
Tōhoku,
''etc.'') (TMRCA 3,900
8,400">5% CI 1,450 <-> 8,400ybp
)
*** Z3 – China (Shanghai,
Dengba, Xinjiang Uyghur, etc.), Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand (
Lao Isan in
Chaiyaphum Province), Vietnam, Uyghur, Evenk (Sakha Republic),
Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
(
Hohhot
Hohhot,; abbreviated zh, c=呼市, p=Hūshì, labels=no formerly known as Kweisui, is the Capital (political), capital of Inner Mongolia in the North China, north of the China, People's Republic of China, serving as the region's administrativ ...
,
Tongliao
Tongliao; ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Тонляо хот is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). Ho ...
,
Chaoyang,
Chifeng
Chifeng,; also known as Ulanhad ( (Улаанхад хот), ''Ulaɣanqada qota'', , "red cliff") also known as Ulankhad in Mongolian, is a prefecture-level city in Southeastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. It borders Xilin Gol Le ...
,
Jiangsu
Jiangsu is a coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province in East China. It is one of the leading provinces in finance, education, technology, and tourism, with its capital in Nanjing. Jiangsu is the List of Chinese administra ...
), Buryat, Kalmyk, Altai Kizhi, Kyrgyz, Kazakh, Tajik, Azerbaijan, North Ossetian, Romania, USA (TMRCA 15,836
D 4,397ybp
)
**** Z3a – China (
Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
,
Xibo,
Deng Deng may refer to:
People and ethnic groups
* Deng (Chinese surname), including a list of people with the name
**Deng Sui, empress dowager of the Eastern Han Dynasty.
** Deng Xiaoping, leader of China 1978–1989
** Honghao Deng (born 1994), Chines ...
, ''etc.''), Kazakh
(TMRCA 12,900
18,000">5% CI 9,000 <-> 18,000ybp
)
***** Z3a1
****** Z3a1a
******* Z3a1a - Nepal (Newar, Magar, Tharu, Eastern Nepal, Kathmandu)
******* Z3a1a* – Lachungpa,
Lepcha
******* Z3a1a1 – China
******* Z3a1a2 –
Gallong,
Dirang Monpa,
[Chandrasekar A, Kumar S, Sreenath J, Sarkar BN, Urade BP, ''et al.'' (2009), "Updating Phylogeny of Mitochondrial DNA Macrohaplogroup M in India: Dispersal of Modern Human in South Asian Corridor. ''PLoS ONE'' 4(10): e7447. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0007447] Thailand (
Khon Mueang in
Mae Hong Son Province), Vietnam (
Hà Nhì)
****** Z3a1b – Yakut
***** Z3a2 – Lachungpa
****** Z3a2a – Lachungpa
***** Z3a3 – Thailand (
Palaung in
Chiang Mai Province
Chiang Mai is the largest Provinces of Thailand, province (''changwat'') of Thailand by area. It lies in Northern Thailand#Regional classification of northern Thailand, upper northern Thailand and has a population of 1.78 million people. It ...
,
Lawa in
Mae Hong Son Province)
**** Z3b – Deng, Gallong
(TMRCA 8,400
21,500">5% CI 2,300 <-> 21,500ybp
)
**** Z3-G709A – Yakut,
China (Han from Henan
)
***** Z3c – Altaian,
Altai Kizhi,
Iran, China (Kyrgyz from Tashkurgan,
[Min-Sheng Peng, Weifang Xu, Jiao-Jiao Song, ''et al.'' (2017), "Mitochondrial genomes uncover the maternal history of the Pamir populations." ''European Journal of Human Genetics'' https://doi.org/10.1038/s41431-017-0028-8] Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
from
Tongliao
Tongliao; ''Tüŋliyou qota'', Mongolian Cyrillic: Тонляо хот is a prefecture-level city in eastern Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China. The area is and as of the 2020 census, its population was 2,873,168 (3,139,153 in 2010). Ho ...
,
etc.
), Cambodia (
Siem Reap
Siem Reap (, ) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.
Siem Reap possesses French-colonial and Chinese-style architecture in the Old French Quarter ...
),
Vietnam, Japan
***** Z3d – China
(Han, Daur, Mongol from
Hulunbuir
Hulunbuir or Hulun Buir, ''Hūlúnbèi'ěr''; , ''Khulunbuir'' is a prefecture-level city in northeastern Inner Mongolia, China. Its administrative center is located at Hailar District, its largest urban area. Major scenic features are the high ...
, ''etc.''), Taiwan (Minnan, ''etc.''), Singapore,
Korea,
Japan (
Chūbu-
Hokuriku,
[Kenichi Yamamoto, Saori Sakaue, Koichi Matsuda, Yoshinori Murakami, Yoichiro Kamatani, Keiichi Ozono, Yukihide Momozawa, and Yukinori Okada, "Genetic and phenotypic landscape of the mitochondrial genome in the Japanese population." ''Communications Biology'' (2020) 3:104. https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-020-0812-9. www.nature.com/commsbio] Tōhoku), Mongolia,
[Haplotree for mitochondrial DNA haplogroup Z at FamilyTreeDNA Discover](_blank)
/ref> Kyrgyzstan
**** Z3+G11696A – China, Korea
***** Z3+G11696A+C16380T - China
***** Z3+G11696A+T454C - China
**** Z3+T8227C – China
***** Z3+T8227C+A13629G - China
***** Z3+T8227C+T4363C - Korea
****** Z3+T8227C+T4363C+A12996G - China (HGDP She people
The She people (; She Chinese: ; Cantonese: , Fuzhou: ) are an ethnic group in China. They form one of the 56 ethnic groups officially recognized by the People's Republic of China.
According to th2021 China Statistical Yearbook the total popul ...
)
******* Z3+T8227C+T4363C+A12996G+T773C - Pakistan (HGDP Hazara)
**** Z3g (Z3+G7337A) - Japan, Kazakhstan ( Jetisuu)
**** Z3+A13105G! - China ( Barghut from Inner Mongolia)
***** Z3+A13105G!+A13434G - China (Han from Henan, etc.)
*** Z4 – China (Suzhou, Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
in Shandong
Shandong is a coastal Provinces of China, province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural ...
, ''etc.''), Thailand ( Phuan in Suphan Buri Province
Suphan Buri (, ) located in the central region of Thailand, is one of the country's 76 provinces (จังหวัด, changwat), the first-level administrative divisions. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Uthai Thani, Chai ...
), Philippines, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Kalmyk, Khakas, Karanogai (TMRCA 14,900 22,800">5% CI 9,200 <-> 22,800ybp)
**** Z4a – China (Han from Hunan and Denver, Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
from Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, ''etc.''), Uyghur, Daur, Japan (Tokyo)
***** Z4a1 – China (Han from Wuhan, Mongol
Mongols are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, China (Inner Mongolia and other 11 autonomous territories), as well as the republics of Buryatia and Kalmykia in Russia. The Mongols are the principal member of the large family of M ...
from Baotou
Baotou; is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is home to 2,261,089 people with a total po ...
and Xilingol
Xilingol League (also transliterated as Xilin Gol or Shiliin Gol; zh, s= ; , , , ) is one of the 3 leagues of Inner Mongolia. The seat is Xilinhot, and the area is . The league's economy is based on mining and agriculture.
Xilingol borders ...
)
****** Z4a1a – China (Han from Hunan and Yunnan), Vietnam
******* Z4a1a1 – Japan (Tokyo, ''etc.''), South Korea
*** Z7 – Dirang Monpa, Tibet ( Tingri, Shannan) (TMRCA 1,750 6,200">5% CI 275 <-> 6,200ybp), Nepal (Newar)
*** Z8* – Nepal (Newar)
** Z5 – Japan (Aichi)
See also
*Genealogical DNA test
A genealogical DNA test is a DNA-based Genetic testing, genetic test used in genetic genealogy that looks at specific locations of a person's genome in order to find or verify ancestral genealogical relationships, or (with lower reliability) to ...
*Genetic genealogy
Genetic genealogy is the use of genealogical DNA tests, i.e., DNA profiling and DNA testing, in combination with traditional genealogical methods, to infer genetic relationships between individuals. This application of genetics came to be use ...
*Human mitochondrial genetics
Human mitochondrial genetics is the study of the genetics of human mitochondrial DNA (the DNA contained in human mitochondria). The human mitochondrial genome is the entirety of hereditary information contained in human mitochondria. Mitochondria ...
*Population genetics
Population genetics is a subfield of genetics that deals with genetic differences within and among populations, and is a part of evolutionary biology. Studies in this branch of biology examine such phenomena as Adaptation (biology), adaptation, s ...
*Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups
In human genetics, a human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup is a haplogroup defined by differences in Human mitochondrial genetics, human mitochondrial DNA. Haplogroups are used to represent the major branch points on the mitochondrial phylogenetic ...
{{MtDNA
References
External links
*General
**Mannis van Oven'
Phylotree
*Haplogroup Z
**Ian Logan'
**Ian Logan'
**Ian Logan'
**Ian Logan'
**Ian Logan'
**YFull MTree'
Haplogroup Z
**MITOMAP'
Haplogroup Z
**FamilyTreeDNA's mtDNA Haplotree
Haplogroup Z
from ''National Geographic
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mtDNA
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