The Encyclopedia of mtDNA Origins is a guide to what is known about each mtDNA branch. Today, much of what we know is raw material from Geno 2.0 results, Genbank samples, and published papers. This is built around the structure of the mtDNA Phylotree. The encyclopedia brings the data from those sources together in a format that allows new knowledge of our maternal origins to emerge.
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Haplogroup A2a1 is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
People: Inuit Places: Canada
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Haplogroup A2a2 is a branch on the maternal tree of human kind. The woman who started this branch lived at some point between recent generations and 7,600 years ago (Behar et al., 2012b).
People: Chukotkan Inuit and Eskimo Places: North America and Northeast Siberia
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Haplogroup A2a3 is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
People: Chukchi, Inuit, and Yupik Places: Greenland and Siberia
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Haplogroup A2a4 is a Native Americas branch on the maternal tree of humanity. It is a young branch on the tree, and the woman who founded it lived in a Native North American population between very recent generations and 800 years ago. (Achilli et al., 2013)
People: Navajo Places: Arizona, Chihuahua, Colombia, Mexico, and New Mexico
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Haplogroup A2a5 is a Native Americas branch on the maternal tree of humanity. This young branch of the tree was born between 250 and 1,750 years ago to a woman who lived among the Athabaskan language speakers in what is now Canada. (Achilli et al., 2013)
People: Apache, Athabaskan, Cree, Na Dane, Navajo, and Secwepemc Places: Canada, North America, and United States
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Haplogroup A2aa is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
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Haplogroup A2ab is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
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Haplogroup A2ac is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
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Haplogroup A2ac1 is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
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Haplogroup A2ad is a branch on the maternal tree of humanity.
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