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Haplogroup E (mtDNA)

In human mitochondrial genetics, Haplogroup E is a human mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplogroup which can be used to define genetic populations. It is a subgroup of M.

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Haplogroup E has a southern Asia distribution. Until now it has been detected in the Malay peninsula populations and in the Sabah of Borneo; and it is also present in coastal Papua New Guinea as well as in Taiwan, in the Philippines, and in some Pacific islands such as Guam. "E" detected in a few Colombian indigenous populations, carries all the substitutions characteristic of haplogropup C and was identified as a back mutation. This revertant C lineage is further characterized by three changes in HVS-II sequence.

References

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Torres, María Mercedes; Bravi, CM; Bortolini, MC; Duque, C; Callegari-Jacques, S; Ortiz, D; Bedoya, G; Groot de Restrepo H; y Ruiz-Linares A. 2006. "A revertant of the major founder Native American haplogroup C common in populations from northern South America". American Journal of Human Biology 18(1): 59-65.
Trejaut, Jean A; Toomas Kivisild; Jun Hun Loo; Chien Liang Lee; Chun Lin He; Chia Jung Hsu; Zheng Yuan Li; and Marie Lin. 2005. Traces of Archaic Mitochondrial Lineages Persist in Austronesian-Speaking Formosan Populations Plos Biology 3 (8).