Haplogroup W (mtDNA)

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

Haplogroup W appears in the western Ural Mountains and the eastern Baltic, though it is also found in India as well as Spain, Finland, Poland, Iran, Pakistan and Thailand^[1]. Its ancestral haplogroup was Haplogroup N.

[edit] References

1. ^ Haplogroup W.

[edit] See also

• Human mitochondrial genetics
• Genealogical DNA test

[edit] External links

• Spread of Haplogroup W, from National Geographic
• mtDNA Haplogroup W Project
• The India Genealogical DNA Project

Human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroups

most recent common mt-ancestor

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