Summary
Age: 16,938.8 ± 4,757.1; CI=95% (Behar et al., 2012b)
Origin: Asia
Variants: A8563G C11536T
FTDNA Tree: Link
Parent Branch: A
Descendant branch(s): A5a A5b A5c
YFull Info
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Note: This information does not imply an endorsement of YFull or their methods. It is provided at the request of readers.
Haplogroup A5 is a branch on the maternal tree of human kind. The woman who founded this line lived between 12,200 and 21,700 years ago (Behar et al 2012b).
It was found in one study of the peoples of Taiwan (Ko et al., 2014).
So far, nobody from Geno 2 belongs to this lineage.
National Geographic Geno 2.0 Information
This information comes from the 2012 update of the National Geographic Genographic Project website.
Map

mtDNA Haplogroup A5 Phylotree History
Phylotree.org is the maternal (mtDNA) tree of humanity. It is maintained by Dr. Mannis Van Oven. Each build is a major update to the tree. The current build is #17.
Build# | Called | Variants (Mutations) | Notes |
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01 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 27 Aug 2008 |
02 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 14 Oct 2008 |
03 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 1 Mar 2009 |
04 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 10 May 2009 |
05 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 8 Jul 2009 |
06 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 28 Sep 2009 |
07 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 10 Nov 2009 |
08 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 21 Mar 2010 |
09 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 20 Jun 2010 |
10 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 10 Aug 2010 |
11 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 7 Feb 2011 |
12 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 20 Jul 2011 |
13 | A5 | 8563 11536 | Released 28 Dec 2011; Last Build to use the rCRS |
14 | A5 | A8563G C11536T | Released 5 Apr 2012; First version to use the RSRS |
15 | A5 | A8563G C11536T | Released 30 Sep 2012 |
16 | A5 | A8563G C11536T | Released 19 Feb 2014 |
17 | A5 | A8563G C11536T | Released 18 Feb 2016 |
mtDNA Haplogroup A5 Data Sources
GenBank Samples
GenBank is a database of genetic sequence data. It is run by the United States National Institute of Health. It serves as the main repository for mtDNA full sequence profiles. Samples come both from published academic literature and donations from genetic genealogy community members. In addition to GenBank samples, listings below may include other samples published but not submitted to GenBank such as those from the HapMap project.
Note: GenBank results currently use Phylotree build 16. I am working on changing results over to build 17.
Hg ID | Origin | Publication | Hg BLD16 | Hg BLD17 | Hg YFull | Missing Variants | Additional Variants |
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Hap5011379 | - | Ko et al., 2014 | A5 | - | A5:152 | A5:1709, 5054C, 8260, 9145, 15442, 16126 |
Sources & Resources
Related Sources
- Behar, D.M., van Oven, M., Rosset, S., Metspalu, M., Loogväli, E.L., Silva, N.M., Kivisild, T., Torroni, A. and Villems, R. (2012). A “Copernican” reassessment of the human mitochondrial DNA tree from its root. American journal of human genetics, 90(4), 675-684.
- Fan, L., & Yao, Y. G. (2011). MitoTool: a web server for the analysis and retrieval of human mitochondrial DNA sequence variations. Mitochondrion, 11(2), 351-356.
- Fan, L., & Yao, Y. G. (2013). An update to MitoTool: using a new scoring system for faster mtDNA haplogroup determination. Mitochondrion, 13(4), 360-363.
- Ko, A.M.S., Chen, C.Y., Fu, Q., Delfin, F., Li, M., Chiu, H.L., Stoneking, M. and Ko, Y.C. (2014). Early Austronesians: Into and Out Of Taiwan. American journal of human genetics, 94(3), 426-436.
- Van Oven, M., & Kayser, M. (2009). Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation. Human mutation, 30(2), E386-E394.
Additional Resources
- Ian Logan’s mtDNA Pages
- Ian Logan’s Instructions for mtGenome Genbank Donation
- James Lick’s mtDNA Utility
- The FTDNA Haplogroup Project for Haplogroup A2
- The Wikipedia Article for Haplogroup A
mtDNA Consultants
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Keywords
Peoples: - | Places: Taiwan
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