Please cite the mtDNA tree as follows:
van Oven M, Kayser M. 2009. Updated comprehensive phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation. Hum Mutat 30(2):E386-E394. http://www.phylotree.org.
Here we provide a phylogenetic tree of global human mitochondrial DNA variation, based on both coding and control region mutations, and including haplogroup nomenclature. This mtDNA tree is meant as a framework for evolutionary anthropologists, medical geneticists, genealogists and forensic geneticists. The tree will be updated at least every six months (unless no new data has appeared).
mtDNA tree Build 7 (10 Nov 2009)
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Additional resources
The revised Cambridge Reference Sequence (rCRS), annotated
Genomic organization of human mtDNA, linearized view
Curated database of 6747 entire human mtDNA sequences (updated 10 Nov 2009)
mtDNA sequences of human’s closest relatives
Maintained by Mannis van Oven (m.vanoven @ erasmusmc.nl)
Department of Forensic Molecular Biology
Erasmus University Medical Center Rotterdam
The Netherlands